AZERBAIJANI, NORTH (Azerbaijan)

Family
Western-(Oghuz)-Turkic languages

Country
Azerbaijan

Language code
AZE

Continent
Europe

Alternate language names
AZERBAIJAN, AZERI TURK, TURKLER, AZERBAYDZHANI

Dialect names
KUBA, DERBENT, BAKU, SEMAKHA, SALIANY, LENKORAN, KAZAKH, AIRYM, BORCALA, TEREKEME, KYZYLBASH, NUKHA, ZAKATALY (MUGALY), KUTKASEN, EREVAN, NAKHICHEVAN, ORDUBAD, KIROVABAD, SUSA (KARABAKH), KARAPAPAK

Genetic affiliation
Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani

Geographical region
Azerbaijan, and southern Dagestan, along the Caspian coast and beyond the Caucasian Mts

Population
6,791,106 in Azerbaijan and Russia (1989 census), 98% speak it as mother tongue, 4,000,000 are monolingual

Bible printings
1891

New Testament printings
1878-1982

Printings of whole books of Bible
1842-1891

National language
Yes

Remarks
High literacy rate. Cyrillic script is used in Azerbaijan. Used in schools, publications, radio. Significant differences from South Azerbaijani in phonology, lexicon, morphology, and syntax

Radio use
Yes

Religion
Shi'a Muslim

Total speakers
6,791,000

Also in
Russia (Europe)