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.
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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.
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Azerbaijani language is closely related to Gagauz, Qashqai, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, and Turkmen, sharing varying degrees of mutual intelligibility with each of those languages.
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Development of Azerbaijani language literature is closely associated with Anatolian Turkish, written in Perso-Arabic script.
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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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In 1853, Azerbaijani became a compulsory language for students of all backgrounds in all of Transcaucasia with the exception of the Tiflis Governorate.
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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.
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In Iran, Azerbaijani language is still written in a modified form of the Persian alphabet that the newspaper set the standard for.
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Since 1992 North Azerbaijani language has used a phonetic writing system, so pronunciation is easy: most words are pronounced exactly as they are spelled.
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