10 Facts About Azerbaijani language

The standardized form of North Azerbaijani language is based on the Shirvani dialect, while South Azerbaijani language uses the Tabrizi dialect as its prestige variety.

Azerbaijani language is closely related to Gagauz, Qashqai, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, and Turkmen, sharing varying degrees of mutual intelligibility with each of those languages.

Azerbaijani language evolved from the Eastern branch of Oghuz Turkic which spread to the Caucasus, in Eastern Europe, and northern Iran, in Western Asia, during the medieval Turkic migrations.

Development of Azerbaijani language literature is closely associated with Anatolian Turkish, written in Perso-Arabic script.

The vast majority, if not all Azerbaijani language courses teach North Azerbaijani written in the Latin script and not South Azerbaijani written in the Perso-Arabic script.

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Per the 1829 Caucasus School Statute, Azerbaijani language was to be taught in all district schools of Ganja, Shusha, Nukha, Shamakhi, Quba, Baku, Derbent, Yerevan, Nakhchivan, Akhaltsikhe, and Lankaran.

In 1853, Azerbaijani became a compulsory language for students of all backgrounds in all of Transcaucasia with the exception of the Tiflis Governorate.

Dialects of South Azerbaijani language include: Aynallu, Qarapapaq, Tabrizi, Qashqai, Afshari (Afsar, Afshar), Shahsavani (Shahseven), Muqaddam, Baharlu (Kamesh), Nafar, Qaragozlu, Pishaqchi (Bicaqci), Bayatlu, Qajar, Marandli.

In Iran, Azerbaijani language is still written in a modified form of the Persian alphabet that the newspaper set the standard for.

Since 1992 North Azerbaijani language has used a phonetic writing system, so pronunciation is easy: most words are pronounced exactly as they are spelled.