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Swahili vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Salam  

Thank You
Asante  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
necəsən  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
tafadhali  
lütfən  

Sorry
pole  
üzr  

Bye
bye  
xudafiz  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Russia  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Azerbaijan  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Azerbaijan  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
Not Available  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
swahili  
azéri  

German Name
Swahili  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
6th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
Not Available  
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 3
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Swahili and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Azerbaijani language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Swahili and Azerbaijani Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swahili and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Azerbaijani language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Swahili vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Azerbaijani Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swahili and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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