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Xhosa vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Turkish   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
43   
32
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Salam   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
Unjani   
necəsən   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
Molo   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
Ndicela   
lütfən   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
üzr   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Baku   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
xhosa   
azéri   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
Not Available   
38   
30

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
aze   

ISO 639 3
xho   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Xhosa and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Azerbaijani language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Azerbaijani language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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