Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
متشکرم
How Are You?
necəsən
چطور هستید?
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Derbent
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Russia
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Gazakh
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Baku
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
فارسی
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Persian people
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
azer1255
fars1254
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Azerbaijani and Persian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Azerbaijani and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Azerbaijani and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Azerbaijani are spoken in different Azerbaijani Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Azerbaijani vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent, Gazakh. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Azerbaijani and Persian Speaking population
Azerbaijani and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Azerbaijani and Persian on Azerbaijani vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Azerbaijani and Persian Language Codes
Azerbaijani and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Azerbaijani and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.