Azerbaijani Language: Oghuz Turkic language
The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, or Azerbaijani Turkish is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.
Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan in Russia.
| Azerbaijani | |
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| Azeri | |
| Azərbaycan dili, آذربایجان دیلی, Азәрбајҹан дили | |
 Azerbaijani in Perso-Arabic Nastaliq (Iran), Latin (Azerbaijan), and Cyrillic (Russia). | |
| Pronunciation | [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈdʒɑn diˈli] |
| Native to | |
| Region | Iranian Azerbaijan, South Caucasus |
| Ethnicity | Azerbaijanis |
Native speakers | 24 million (2022) |
Turkic
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Early forms | Old Anatolian Turkish
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Standard forms | Shirvani (In Republic of Azerbaijan) Tabrizi (In Iranian Azerbaijan) |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Azerbaijan Dagestan (Russia) Organization of Turkic States |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | az |
| ISO 639-2 | aze |
| ISO 639-3 | aze – inclusive codeIndividual codes: azj – North Azerbaijaniazb – South Azerbaijani |
| Glottolog | azer1255 Central Oghuz |
| Linguasphere | part of 44-AAB-a |
 Areas that speak Azerbaijani The majority speak Azerbaijani A sizable minority speaks Azerbaijani | |
Azerbaijani is also spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia), south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey and in some parts of Ukraine, northern Dobruja in Romania and in northwestern Iran. In Dagestan, there are over 30 different languages, and Russian is used as a lingua franca.
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