North Azerbaijani language
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North Azerbaijani is a variety of the Azerbaijani language
spoken in Azerbaijan
and neighboring regions of the Caucasus. Expatriate communities exist in Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. There are reported to be some North Azerbaijani speakers remaining in Armenia. Dialects include Quba, Derbend, Baku, Shamakhi, Salyan, Lenkaran, Qazakh, Airym, Borcala, Terekeme, Qyzylbash, Nukha, Zaqatala, Qabala, Yerevan, Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Ganja, Shusha, Karapapak. Dialect differences are slight.
There are significant differences between North Azerbaijani and South Azerbaijani
in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and loanwords. North Azerbaijani is the national language of Azerbaijan and the Baku variety is the basis of Standard Azerbaijani. It is officially written with a Roman script, but the older Cyrillic script is still widely used. There is a fair degree of mutual intelligibility between North and South Azerbaijani. Ethnologue
considers them to be distinct languages.
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Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...
spoken in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
and neighboring regions of the Caucasus. Expatriate communities exist in Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. There are reported to be some North Azerbaijani speakers remaining in Armenia. Dialects include Quba, Derbend, Baku, Shamakhi, Salyan, Lenkaran, Qazakh, Airym, Borcala, Terekeme, Qyzylbash, Nukha, Zaqatala, Qabala, Yerevan, Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Ganja, Shusha, Karapapak. Dialect differences are slight.
There are significant differences between North Azerbaijani and South Azerbaijani
South Azerbaijani language
South Azerbaijani is a variety of the Azerbaijani language spoken in northwestern Iran and neighboring regions of Iraq and Turkey. Other communities exist in Afghanistan and Syria. Dialects include Aynallu, Karapapakh, Tabriz, Afshari, Shahsavani, Moqaddam, Baharlu, Nafar, Qaragozlu, Pichagchi,...
in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and loanwords. North Azerbaijani is the national language of Azerbaijan and the Baku variety is the basis of Standard Azerbaijani. It is officially written with a Roman script, but the older Cyrillic script is still widely used. There is a fair degree of mutual intelligibility between North and South Azerbaijani. Ethnologue
Ethnologue
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...
considers them to be distinct languages.
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