North vs. South Azerbaijani Azerbaijani language

turkish, azerbaijani, , turkmen oghuz languages

azerbaijani 1 of oghuz languages within turkic language family. azerbaijani classified ethnologue macrolanguage , north azerbaijani (spoken in republic of azerbaijan , russia) , south azerbaijani (spoken in iran, iraq , syria) each classified separate languages significant differences in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, , loanwords. international organization standardization (iso) encodes north azerbaijani , south azerbaijani distinct languages. both languages have dialects, 21 north azerbaijani dialects , 11 south azerbaijani dialects.

although there high degree of mutual intelligibility between both forms of azerbaijani, there morphological , phonological differences. 4 varieties have been accorded iso 639-3 codes: north azerbaijani, south azerbaijani, salchuq, , qashqai. glottolog, based on johanson (2006) , pakendorf (2007), classifies north azerbaijani salchuq in 1 branch of oghuz languages , south azerbaijani qashqai in another.

according linguasphere observatory, oghuz languages form part of single outer language of north , south azerbaijani inner languages .

north azerbaijani

knowledge of either of 2 major western oghuz languages, turkish or azerbaijani in europe

north azerbaijani, or northern azerbaijani, official language of republic of azerbaijan. closely related modern day istanbul turkish, official language of turkey. spoken in southern dagestan, along caspian coast in southern caucasus mountains , in scattered regions throughout central asia. there 7.3 million first language speakers , 8 million second-language speakers.

the shirvan dialect basis of standard azerbaijani. since 1992, has been officially written latin script in republic of azerbaijan, older cyrillic script still used in late 1990s.

ethnologue lists 21 north azerbaijani dialects: quba, derbend, baku, shamakhi, salyan, lenkaran, qazakh, airym, borcala, terekeme, qyzylbash, nukha, zaqatala (mugaly), qabala, yerevan, nakhchivan, ordubad, ganja, shusha (karabakh), karapapak.

south azerbaijani

south azerbaijani or iranian turkic, spoken in iranian azerbaijan (historic azerbaijan) and, lesser extent, in neighboring regions of iraq , turkey, smaller communities in syria. in iran, persian word azerbaijani turkic borrowed torki turkic . in iran, spoken in east azerbaijan , west azerbaijan, ardabil, zanjan, , parts of kurdistan, hamadan, markazi, qazvin , gilan. spoken in tehran , across tehran province, turks form far largest minority in city , wider province, comprising 25% 1/3, of total population. cia world factbook reports in 2010 percentage of south azerbaijani speakers @ around 16 percent of iranian population, or approximately 13 million people worldwide, , ethnic turks form far second largest ethnic group in iran, making language second spoken language in nation.

dialects of south azerbaijani include: aynallu (inallu, inanlu), qarapapaq, tabrizi, qashqai, afshari (afsar, afshar), shahsavani (shahseven), muqaddam, baharlu (kamesh), nafar, qaragözlü, pishaqchi, bayatlu, qajar.