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Azerbaijani

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Azerbaijani, or Azeri, also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkic or Azerbaijani Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
aze 2
Speaker Count
24,000,000 2
2022 estimate.
Status
Living 2
Region
Iranian Azerbaijan, South Caucasus 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
Official Language 2
Wikipedia 'Azerbaijani language': 'Azerbaijani is the only official language in the Republic of Azerbaijan'; checked 2026-09-27.
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Word Order
SOV 3
Tone
Not Tonal 4
Difficulty for an English Speaker
Category IV 5
Connections

In Family

Turkic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Azerbaijani Language

Written In

Arabic Script, Scripts
Latin Script, Scripts
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Found In

Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Glottolog: North Azerbaijani (Glottolog nort2697)
GlottologEndangerment
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Azerbaijani, North (azj-azj) = 1 (National).
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2. Wikipedia: Azerbaijani Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Azerbaijani or Azeri (also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkic or Azerbaijani Turkish) is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    aze
  • Article text
    Online bidirectional Azerbaijani-English Dictionary [broken as of 2022] Learn Azerbaijani at learn101.org.
  • Lead section, second sentence
    It is spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who are native to the Azerbaijan region of Iran, as well as the Republic of Azerbaijan.
  • Infobox, Region
    Iranian Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
  • In Family: Turkic, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Turkic languages; immediate branch: Oghuz languages (Western Oghuz).
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3. WALS Online: Datapoint Azerbaijani / Order of Subject, Object and Verb
WALS OnlineValue
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Value: SOV
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4. WALS Online: Datapoint Azerbaijani / Tone
WALS OnlineValue
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Value: No tones
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5. Effective Language Learning: Language Difficulty Ranking
Effective Language LearningForeign Service Institute categories list
Quote, Foreign Service Institute categories list
Category IV: 44 weeks (1100 hours) Languages with significant linguistic and/or cultural differences from English Albanian Amharic Armenian Azerbaijani
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