Azerbaijani language

Author: Leandro Alegsa Creation date: November 13, 2022

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 is also spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia), south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey and in some parts of Ukraine and in northwestern Iran. In Dagesten, there are over 30 different languages, and Russian is used as a lingua franca.

Azerbaijani alphabet

Transliteration table of the Azerbaijani alphabet
Arabic	Latin	Latin	Cyrillic	Latin	IPA
–1918	1922–1933	1933–1939	1958–1991	1992–	IPA
ﺍ	A a	A a	А а	A a	[ɑ]
ﺏ	B b	B в	Б б	B b	[b]
ﺝ	C c	Ç ç	Ҹ ҹ	C c	[dʒ]
چ	Ç ç	C c	Ч ч	Ç ç	[tʃ]
ﺩ	D d	D d	Д д	D d	[d]
ﻩ	E e	E e	Е е	E e	[e]
ع	Ə ə	Ə ə	Ә ә	Ə ə	[æ]
ﻑ	F f	F f	Ф ф	F f	[f]
گ	Ƣ ƣ	G g	Ҝ ҝ	G g	[ɡʲ]
ﻍ	G g	Ƣ ƣ	Ғ ғ	Ğ ğ	[ɣ]
ﺡ,ﻩ	H h	H h	Һ һ	H h	[h]
ﺥ	X x	X x	Х х	X x	[x]
ی	I̡ ı̡		Ы ы	I ı	[ɯ]
ی	I i	I i	И и	İ i	[ɪ]
ژ	Ƶ ƶ	Ƶ ƶ	Ж ж	J j	[ʒ]
ک	Q q	K k	К к	K k	[k]
ﻕ	K k	Q q	Г г	Q q	[ɡ]
ﻝ	L l	L l	Л л	L l	[l]
ﻡ	M m	M m	М м	M m	[m]
ﻥ	N n	N n	Н н	N n	[n]
ڭ	N̡ n̡	N̡ n̡			[ŋ]
ﻭ	O o	O o	О о	O o	[ɔ]
ﻭ	Ɵ ɵ	Ɵ ɵ	Ө ө	Ö ö	[œ]
پ	P p	P p	П п	P p	[p]
ﺭ	R r	R r	Р р	R r	[r]
ﺙ,ﺱ,ﺹ	S s	S s	С с	S s	[s]
ﺵ	З з	Ş ş	Ш ш	Ş ş	[ʃ]
ﺕ,ﻁ	T t	T t	Т т	T t	[t]
ﻭ	Y y	U u	У у	U u	[u]
ﻭ	U u	Y y	Ү ү	Ü ü	[y]
ﻭ	V v	V v	В в	V v	[v]
ی	J j	J j	Ј ј	Y y	[j]
ﺫ,ﺯ,ﺽ,ﻅ	Z z	Z z	З з	Z z	[z]

Doctrine

In the 1980s and 1990s, numerous publications and lexicons were produced by the German Azerbaijani scholars Nemat Rahmati (Azerbaijani Chrestomatie, Azerbaijani-German Dictionary, Tapmacalar) and Yusif Xalilov (German-Azerbaijani Dictionary).

In 2004, the German-Azerbaijani dictionary was created by Yazdani, a Berlin Turkologist. The Baku Germanist Amina Aliyeva published the first textbook of German for Azerbaijanis in the Azerbaijani language.

Nowadays, Azerbaijani is taught at the German universities in Bochum, Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. The University of Vienna also offered the Introduction to Azerbaijani (taught by Nasimi Aghayev) from 2001 to 2003.

Questions and Answers

Q: What is the Azerbaijani language?

A: The Azerbaijani language is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.

Q: What are some other names for the Azerbaijani language?

A: Some other names for the Azerbaijani language include Azeri and Azerbaijani Turkish.

Q: What countries recognize Azerbaijani as an official language?

A: Azerbaijani is recognized as the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan in Russia.

Q: Where else is Azerbaijani spoken besides Azerbaijan and Iran?

A: Azerbaijani is also spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia), south-eastern and eastern Georgia, north eastern Turkey, and in some parts of Ukraine and northwestern Iran.

Q: How many languages are spoken in Dagestan?

A: In Dagestan, there are over 30 different languages.

Q: What is the lingua franca used in Dagestan?

A: Russian is used as a lingua franca in Dagestan.

Q: Is Azerbaijani a widely spoken language?

A: Yes, Azerbaijani is a widely spoken language in the regions where it is spoken.