Azerbaijani language

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The Azerbaijani language is a Turkic language spoken primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, sharing strong linguistic similarities with Turkish.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oghuz language
Turkic language
standardized language
basicWordOrder SOV
belongsTo Altaic languages (proposed)
surface form: Altaic hypothesis (disputed)
closelyRelatedTo Turkish language
Turkmen language
currentOfficialScriptInAzerbaijan Latin alphabet
currentOfficialScriptInIran Arabic script
hasDialect Baku dialect
Iraqi Turkmen
Azerbaijani language self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Azerbaijani

Qashqai
Shirvan dialect
Azerbaijani language self-linksurface differs
surface form: South Azerbaijani

Tabriz dialect
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic language
French language
Persian language
Russian language
hasPhonologicalFeature lack of grammatical gender
rich consonant inventory
vowel harmony
hasStandardForm Azerbaijani language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Standard Azerbaijani
historicalScript Cyrillic script
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet

Perso-Arabic script
ISO639-1Code az
ISO639-2Code aze
ISO639-3Code aze
languageFamily Turkic languages
morphologicalType agglutinative language
nativeName Azerbaijani language self-linksurface differs
surface form: azərbaycan dili

azəri dili
officialLanguageOf Azerbaijan
surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Georgia
Iraq
Russia
regulatingBody Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
spokenByEthnicGroup Azerbaijanis
Azərbaycanlılar
surface form: Azeri Turks
spokenIn Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Azerbaijan
surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Russia
Syria
Turkey
standardVarietyBasedIn Baku
subfamily Oghuz branch
usesCaseHarmony vowel harmony
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script
Latin script

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Referenced by (150)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hamedan Province languageMinority Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ardabil Province majorLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States officialLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ingiloys usesLanguage Azerbaijani language
Tsakhur language influencedBy Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani National Council languageOfWorkOrName Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Mammad Amin Rasulzade languageOfWorkOrName Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts languageOfSources Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan language Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Mammad Hasan Hajinski languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Northern Tat contactWith Azerbaijani language
Southern Tat influencedBy Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Southern Tat languageShiftTowards Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Armeno-Tat linguisticInfluenceFrom Azerbaijani language
Caucasian Tat influencedBy Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Rashad Nabiyev languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Mirza Khazar languageOfWorkOrName Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Mirza Khazar nativeLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani American Women’s Association primaryLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ardabil languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani Turkish
Lotfi languageOfWorkOrName Azerbaijani language
subject surface form: Lotfi A. Zadeh
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
subject surface form: Lotfi A. Zadeh
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Meshginshahr languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Karabakh region (broad sense) language Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
tk (macrolanguage) closelyRelatedTo Azerbaijani language
Arran languageInHistory Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Turkic aspectology appliesTo Azerbaijani language
Afshar Turkoman linguisticRelation Azerbaijani language
Sultaniyeh hasLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Mughan plain languageRegion Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ganja River languageOfToponym Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan State Agricultural University languageOfInstruction Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Qashqai Turkish closelyRelatedTo Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
ANAS nativeNameLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Department of Biological and Medical Sciences operatesInLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan officialLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani ashik tradition language Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Köroghlu languageOfTradition Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ganja District hasLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ganja District officialLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Qashqai language closelyRelatedTo Azerbaijani language
Qaryagin uezd usedLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Tartar officialLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Javanshir clan language Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Qubadli District usedLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Zangilan District hasOfficialLanguage Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Ismail II ethnicGroup Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azeri Turkic
Ismail II languageSpoken Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azeri Turkic
Udi language contactInfluenceFrom Azerbaijani language
Khinalug language languageShiftTo Azerbaijani language
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani