Azerbaijani language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Azerbaijani |
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| Azərbaycan dili Азәрбајҹан дили آذربایجان دیلی |
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| Pronunciation | /azærbajʤan dili/ |
| Native to |  Iran, Azerbaijan,also in parts of neighboring countries such as:  Georgia, Russia, Iraq, Turkey, Ukraine |
| Native speakers | 25 million (date missing) |
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| Writing system | Latin alphabet for North Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan, Perso-Arabic script for South Azerbaijani in Iran, and, formerly, Cyrillic alphabet for North Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani variants) |
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| Official language in | Azerbaijan (North Azerbaijani), Iraq (South Azerbaijani; official in areas where Iraqi Turkmen form a majority) |
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The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri language (Azəricə) is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. North Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This type is also spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia), south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey and in some parts of Ukraine. South Azerbaijani is the type of Azerbaijani spoken in northwestern Iran.
Images for kids
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Garden of Pleasures by Fuzûlî in Azerbaijani from 16th century.
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Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet, who wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian.
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Azerbaijani-language road sign.
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Knowledge of either of the two major Western Oghuz languages, Turkish or Azerbaijani in Europe
See also
In Spanish: Idioma azerí para niños
