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Zulu vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Zulu


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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
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
Pan South African Language Board   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
Sawubona   
Salam   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
unjani   
necəsən   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
Ngiyacela   
lütfən   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
üzr   

Bye
bye   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Russia   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
zoulou   
azéri   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
19   
16th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Beatu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
87   
99+
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
aze   

ISO 639 3
zul   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
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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Zulu and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Azerbaijani language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Zulu vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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