Azeri
The Azeri language belongs to the southwestern
(Oguz) branch of the Turkic language family. There are two main subgroups of
Azeri: Azerbaijani North and Azerbaijani South. The main differences are in the sounds and basic grammatical structure of the languages. Azeri has a written tradition that dates back to the fourteenth century. Arabic script is used in Iran and the Cyrillic alphabet is used in Azerbaijan. A number of Azeri newspapers are published in Armenia to serve the needs of the communities. Also in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, USA. Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani. Dialect: AFSHARI
(AFSHAR, AFSAR). There are approximately 14,000,000 speakers in all countries.
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