Azerbaijani language
The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, or Azerbaijani Turkish[2] is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan in Russia.
| Azerbaijani | |
|---|---|
| Azərbaycan dili Азәрбајҹан дили آذربایجان دیلی | |
| Pronunciation | /azærbajʤan dili/ |
| Native to |  Azerbaijan,  Iran,also in parts of neighboring countries such as:  Georgia, Russia, Iraq, Turkey, Ukraine |
| Native speakers | 25 million [1] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin alphabet for North Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan, Perso-Arabic script for South Azerbaijani in Iran, and, formerly, Cyrillic alphabet for North Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani variants) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Azerbaijan (North Azerbaijani), Iraq (South Azerbaijani; official in areas where Iraqi Turkmen form a majority) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | az |
| ISO 639-2 | aze |
| ISO 639-3 | aze |
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Azerbaijani is also spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia), south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey and in some parts of Ukraine and in northwestern Iran. In Dagesten, there are over 30 different languages, and Russian is used as a lingua franca.
Azerbaijani Language Media
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet, who wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian.
Reza Shah and Kemal Atatürk during the Shah's official visit to Turkey in 1934. Reza Shah spoke in South Azerbaijani while Atatürk spoke in Turkish, and the two leaders managed to communicate with each other quite effectively.
Azerbaijani-language road sign.
Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen are Oghuz languages
South Azerbaijani vowel chart, from Mokari & Werner (2016:509)
References
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Azerbaijani language edition. |
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Azerbaijani language edition. |
- ↑ CIA factbook about Iran and CIA factbook about Azerbaijan Republic Archived 2012-05-07 at WebCite
- ↑ L. Johanson, "AZERBAIJAN ix. Iranian Elements in Azeri Turkish" in Encyclopædia Iranica .