Languages of Azerbaijan, the Glossary
Azerbaijani is the sole official language of Azerbaijan and is spoken by the majority of its population.[1]
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31 relations: Avar language, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, Azerbaijani Sign Language, Budukh language, COVID-19 pandemic, Endangered language, English language, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Georgian language, Heydar Aliyev, History of Azerbaijan, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Jek language, Judeo-Tat, Khinalug language, Khorasani Turkic, Kryts language, Lezgian language, Mutual intelligibility, Old Azeri, Russian language, Rutul language, Talysh language, Tat language (Caucasus), Tsakhur language, Turkic languages, Turkish language, Udi language, UNESCO.
Avar language
Avar (магӏарул мацӏ,, "language of the mountains" or авар мацӏ,, "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.
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Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri, also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch.
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Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP; Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası) is a political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1989 by Abulfaz Elchibey.
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Azerbaijani Sign Language
Azerbaijani Sign Language (Azərbaycan işarət dili, AİD) is the sign language used by the deaf community in Azerbaijan.
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Budukh language
Budukh or Budugh (Будад мез, Budad mez) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Endangered language
An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe.
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Georgian language
Georgian (ქართული ენა) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language; it serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.
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Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev (Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev (Latin), Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев (Cyrillic),;,; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003.
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History of Azerbaijan
The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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International Journal of the Sociology of Language
The International Journal of the Sociology of Language is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of sociology of language.
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Jek language
Cek, also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.
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Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (Cuhuri, Жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ) is a Judeo-Persian dialect of the Tat language historically spoken by the Mountain Jews, primarily in Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and today in Israel.
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Khinalug language
Khinalug (also spelled Khinalig, Khinalugi, Xinalug(h), Xinaliq or Khinalugh) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 3,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan, Quba in the mountains of Quba Rayon, northern Azerbaijan.
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Khorasani Turkic
Khorasani Turkic or Khorasani Turkish is an Oghuz Turkic language spoken in the North Khorasan Province and the Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran.
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Kryts language
Kryts (Kryc) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.
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Lezgian language
Lezgian, also called Lezgi or Lezgin, is a Northeast Caucasian language.
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Mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.
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Old Azeri
Old Azeri (also spelled Adhari, Azeri or Azari) is the extinct Iranian language that was once spoken in the northwestern Iranian historic region of Azerbaijan (Iranian Azerbaijan) before the Turkification of the region.
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Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.
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Rutul language
Rutul or Rutulian is a Lezgic language spoken by the spoken by the Rutuls, an ethnic group living in Dagestan (Russia) and some parts of Azerbaijan.
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Talysh language
Talysh (تؤلشه زوؤن, Tolışə Zıvon, Tолышә зывон) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan by around 500,000-800,000 people.
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Tat language (Caucasus)
Tat, also known as Caucasian Persian, Tat/Tati Persian,Gernot Windfuhr, "Persian Grammar: history and state of its study", Walter de Gruyter, 1979.
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Tsakhur language
Tsakhur (Saxur dili; Tsakhursky yazyk) is a Lezgic language spoken by the Tsakhurs in northern Azerbaijan and southwestern Dagestan (Russia).
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Turkic languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia.
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Turkish language
Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.
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Udi language
The Udi language, spoken by the Udi people, is a member of the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Azerbaijan
Also known as Linguistic history of Azerbaijan.