Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
73
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Turkish
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Osmanly language
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.34 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
فارسی
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
azéri
persan
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Persian people