Language code: az

Technical information about ISO 639 language code az

The table below provides technical details for the Azerbaijani language, designated by the az code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

az

Name

Official

Azerbaijani

Native

Azərbaycan dili

Family
Turkic
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern AzerbaijaniSouthern Azerbaijani
Related languages
TurkishTurkmenQashqaiGagauzCrimean Tatar
Key facts
Belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language familyHas switched alphabets multiple times, historically using Arabic and Cyrillic scripts before the current Latin-based alphabetExhibits vowel harmony and agglutinative word formationContains many Persian and Arabic loanwordsTraditional Mugham music often features poetic improvisation in Azerbaijani.
Sample phrase

Salam, necəsən?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Azerbaijani belongs to the Turkic family of languages. It is the official language of Azerbaijan and is also used in Dagestan (Russia), as well as by communities in Iran. Azerbaijani is primarily written in the Latin script, although the Cyrillic script is still used by some speakers, particularly in Dagestan. It is estimated that there are more than 24 million Azerbaijani speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

115K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Azerbaijani speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

az-Cyrl Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

az-Cyrl-AZ Azerbaijani (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan)

az-Latn Azerbaijani (Latin)

az-Latn-AZ Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)

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