Alternate Names: Azerbaijan, Azerbaydzhani, Azeri Turk
Dialects: Airym, Baku, Borcala, Derbend, Ganja, Karapapak, Lenkaran, Nakhchivan, Nukha, Ordubad, Qabala, Qazakh, Quba, Qyzylbash, Salyan, Shamakhi, Shusha (Karabakh), Terekeme, Yerevan, Zaqatala (Mugaly). Slight dialect differences. Qazakh dialect is not related to Kazakh ,. Significant differences from South Azerbaijani , in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and loanwords. A member of macrolanguage Azerbaijani ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,100,000 in Azerbaijan (2007 census). Population total all countries: 7,324,060. 4,000,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,230,000. L2 users: 8,000,000 in Azerbaijan.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: High. Taught as L2 in Russian language schools. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1891–2004.
Spoken In: Azerbaijan
Writing System: Arabic, Braille, Cyrillic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Azerbaijan
Other Comments: North and South Azerbaijani are spoken by 1 ethnic group. Each language group is reluctant to accept the written form of the other. Muslim (Shi’a), Muslim (Sunni).