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Azerbaijani Language



Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Total No. Of Countries
7 8

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

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.

Similar To
Turkish

Derived From
Osmanly language

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
32 14

Phonology

How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
23 13

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Salam

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm

How Are You?
necəsən

Good Night
yaxşı gecə

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir

Please
lütfən

Sorry
üzr

Bye
xudafiz

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent

Where They Speak
Russia

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00 20

Dialect 2
Gazakh

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00 18

Dialect 3
Baku

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan

How Many People Speak
37.00 80

Total No. Of Dialects
33 26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million 39

Speaking Population
0.34 % 39

Native Speakers
23.00 million 34

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million 27

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish

French Name
azéri

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani

History

Origin
16th Century

Language Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup
Turkic

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani

Language Position
38 35

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
az

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
aze

ISO 639 2/B
aze

ISO 639 3
aze

ISO 639 6
aze

Glottocode
azer1255

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative

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Origin of Azerbaijani language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Azerbaijani language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Azerbaijani language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Azerbaijani language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Azerbaijani Language History. Azerbaijani has no early forms. Azerbaijani is the standard form of Azerbaijani language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Azerbaijani Language.

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Azerbaijani population

Azerbaijani population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Azerbaijani language. Azerbaijani language is spoken by 26.00 million people in the world. Most of the Azerbaijani population lies in the Azerbaijani Speaking Countries. Azerbaijani language is spoken as first language by 23.00 million people and as second language by about 25.00 million people. Get to know Azerbaijani speaking population in detail.

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Azerbaijani writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Azerbaijani writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Azerbaijani language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Azerbaijani language. Learn more about . 

Information about Azerbaijani language

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