Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani | |
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Azərbaycan dili Азәрбајҹан дили آذربایجان دیلی |
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Pronunciation | /azærbajʤan dili/ |
Native to | ![]() ![]() also in parts of neighboring countries such as: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() Iraq (South Azerbaijani; official in areas where Iraqi Turkmen form a majority)[source?] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | az |
ISO 639-2 | aze |
ISO 639-3 | aze |
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The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri language (Azəricə) is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. North Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This type is also spoken in Russia's Republic of Dagestan, south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey and in some parts of Ukraine. South Azerbaijani is the type of Azerbaijani spoken in northwestern Iran.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ CIA factbook about Iran and CIA factbook about Azerbaijan Republic Archived 7 May 2012 at WebCite