azeTechnical information about ISO 639 language code aze
The table below provides technical details for the Azerbaijani language, designated by the aze code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Azerbaijani Native Azərbaycan dili |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Eastern AzerbaijaniWestern AzerbaijaniNorthern AzerbaijaniSouthern Azerbaijani |
| Related languages | TurkishTurkmenCrimean TatarKumyk |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language familyModern standard form is based largely on the Baku varietyWritten with three different scripts in the 20th century: Arabic, Cyrillic, and now LatinExhibits vowel harmony and agglutinative morphologyVocabulary shows heavy historical borrowing from Persian, Arabic, and Russian |
| Sample phrase | Salam, necəsən? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Azerbaijani language, identified by the code aze, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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