Azerbaijani
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Language Information
Azerbaijani is spoken both in both Azerbaijan (capital: Baku) and Iran, on the west bank of the Caspian Sea. In the former it is spoken by about 6 million people and is the offical language of the country. In Iran it is spoken by another 4 million people in the northwesternmost part of the country, an area also known as Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani is a Turkic language and thus part of the Altaic family. Traditionally it was written in the Arabic script but in 1924 the Soviet government introduced the Roman script, and in 1940 the Cyrillic. ***
Azerbaijani is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Altaic
- Subgroup
- Turkic
- Branch
- Southwestern (Oghuz)
Azerbaijani Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Azerbaijani, North (Latin)
Bütün insanlar ləyaqət və hüquqlarına görə azad və bərabər doğulurlar. Onların şüurları və vicdanları var və bir-birlərinə münasibətdə qardaşlıq ruhunda davranmalıdırlar.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights