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Azerbaijani
Properties
| Code (ISO-3) | aze |
|---|---|
| Code (ISO-2) | az |
| Self name | Azerbaijani |
| Words in dictionary | 7,095 |
| Examples | 251 |
Linguistics
| Text direction | LTR |
|---|---|
| Alphabet | Azerbaijani alphabet |
| Characters | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z |
| Numbers | 0123456789 |
| punctuation | !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~«°»–—‘’“”… |
| End-of-clause markers | !.? |
| End-of-sentence markers | !,.;? |
| Word delimitation | Space |
| Stop words |
History
The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, or Azerbaijani Turkish, is the official language of Republic of Azerbaijan.
It is called Azərbaycan dili in Azerbaijani. Some dialects of the language are spoken in many parts of Iran (but most notably in the northwestern areas, known as Iranian Azerbaijan), where it is the most dominant language and lingua franca for minority languages to the area such as Kurdish, Armenian and Taleshi. Iran is home for the majority of Azeri speakers in the world. The language is also spoken in Russia's Republic of Dagestan, south-eastern Georgia, northern Iraq, and eastern Turkey.
There are approximately 23 to 30 million native Azerbaijani speakers (Circa 16 to 23 million in Iran and 7 million in Azerbaijan Republic and 800,000 on other smaller communities). It is a Turkic language of Oghuz branch, closely related to Turkish and also historically influenced by Persian and Arabic languages.
Regions used
| Country | Native speaker population | Total speaker population |
|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 6,069,453 | 6,372,926 |
| Turkey | 530,000 | 556,500 |
| Armenia | 161,000 | 169,050 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 30,000 | 31,500 |
| Total | 6,790,453 | 7,129,976 |
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