Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Turkish
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Osmanly language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
necəsən
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
lütfən
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
üzr
  
آسف
  
Bye
xudafiz
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Derbent
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Russia
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Gazakh
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Baku
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
azéri
  
arabe
  
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
  
Arabs
  
Origin
16th Century
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
az
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aze
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
aze
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
aze
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
azer1255
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic