AZJ ISO 639-3
Azerbaijani, North
Azərbaycan dili, Azərbaycanca Autonym
A language of Azerbaijan
- ISO 639
- azj
- Alternate Names
- Azerbaijan, Azerbaydzhani, Azeri, Azeri Turk
- Autonym
- Azərbaycan dili, Azərbaycanca
- Population
- 8,250,000 in Azerbaijan (2011 UNSD). 4,000,000 monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 9,235,620.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Constitution, Article 21(1)).
- Classification
- Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani
- Dialects
- Quba, Derbend, Baku, Shamakhi, Salyan, Lenkaran, Qazakh, Airym, Borcala, Terekeme, Qyzylbash, Nukha, Zaqatala (Mugaly), Qabala, Yerevan, Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Ganja, Shusha (Karabakh), Karapapak. Slight dialect differences. Qazakh dialect is not related to Kazakh [kaz]. Significant differences from South Azerbaijani [azb] in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and loanwords. A member of macrolanguage Azerbaijani [aze].
- Typology
- SOV; postpositions; no articles; case-marking (6 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense; 24 consonant and 9 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; stress on final syllable; vowel harmony.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: High. Taught as L2 in Russian language schools. Literature. Radio. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1891–2009.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Azerbaijani, North
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], used until 1920s. Braille script [Brai]. Cyrillic script [Cyrl], widely used in Armenia. Latin script [Latn], official script in Azerbaijan since 1992.
- Other Comments
- North and South Azerbaijani are spoken by 1 ethnic group. Each language group is reluctant to accept the written form of the other. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Afghanistan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
13,000 in Afghanistan (2017 J. Leclerc).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Dialects
- Kuba, Derbent, Baku, Semakha, Saliany, Lenkoran, Kazakh, Airym, Borcala, Terekeme, Kyzylbash, Nukha, Zakataly (Mugaly), Kutkasen, Erevan, Nakhichevan, Ordubad, Kirovabad, Susa (Karabakh), Karapapak.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Armenia
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
15,000 in Armenia (Leclerc 2017a).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
27,200 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed) View other languages of Georgia
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
239,000 in Georgia (2016).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kyrgyzstan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
11,500 in Kyrgyzstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 17,300 (2009 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kazakhstan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
62,600 in Kazakhstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 85,300 (2009 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Latvia
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
2,430 in Latvia (2018).
- Location
- Dagestan republic: south Caucasus mountains, Caspian coast.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
473,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 603,000 (2010 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
1,990 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Tajikistan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
5,640 in Tajikistan (2017).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkmenistan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
50,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Ukraine
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
25,000 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 45,200 (2001 census).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uzbekistan
Language Name
Azerbaijani, North
User Population
59,600 in Uzbekistan (2019).
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