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ISO 639-3 · azeaze
Turkic family · macrolanguage

Azerbaijani

Azərbaycan dili

Azerbaijani is a macrolanguage of the Oghuz branch (Turkic), spoken in Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and Georgia and 12 more countries. Wikidata counts 23 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Oghuz Turkic language”.

SafeLatnPersian alphabetCyrlArab+1135 m
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
aze
ISO 639-1
az
Glottocode
azer1255
Family
Turkic
UNESCO
Safe
Centre point
40.00, 49.00
Wikipedia
196 language editions
23 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
16countries
5scripts
3levels in the tree
SafeUNESCO level

Facts

NameAzerbaijani · Azərbaycan dili
Also calledAzeri, Azerbaijani Turkic, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani Turkic language, Azeri Turkish
L1 speakers23,000,000 (2007)
All speakers35,000,000 (2000)
Written inLatin script, Persian alphabet, Cyrillic, Arabic script, Azerbaijani Braille
Official inAzerbaijan
Grammatical cases6 listed in Wikidata
Kindmacrolanguage

Vitality

UNESCO: Safe
Languages at this level
family tree

From Turkic to Azerbaijani

The branches above Azerbaijani, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

41Turkicfamily38Common Turkic languagesbranch10OghuzbranchazeAzerbaijanilanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Azerbaijani is spoken
Map: Golden , based on File:Idioma azerí.png by User:Fobos92 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Azerbaijanofficial · 21 languages in the indexIran78 languages in the indexIraq23 languages in the indexGeorgia22 languages in the indexRussia139 languages in the indexAfghanistan46 languages in the indexUkraine23 languages in the indexTurkey40 languages in the indexKazakhstan12 languages in the indexArmenia13 languages in the indexTurkmenistan8 languages in the indexUzbekistan20 languages in the indexKyrgyzstan6 languages in the indexSyria19 languages in the indexGermany36 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the index

Also spoken in Azerbaijan

kurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafekmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalkatGeorgianKartvelian · 3.7 m1 · NationalpntPontic GreekIndo-European · 778,0006a · VigorousavaAvarNortheast Caucasian · 766,5003 · Wider CommunicationtlyTalyshIndo-European · 764,4004 · EducationallezLezgianNortheast Caucasian · 633,6104 · EducationaljdtJudeo-TatIndo-European · 106,0006b · Threatened