Azerbaijani
Azərbaycan dili Азәрбајҹан дили آذربایجان دیلی
Pronunciation	/azærbajʤan dili/
Native to	Azerbaijan,  Iran, also in parts of neighboring countries such as:  Georgia,  Russia,  Iraq,  Turkey,  Ukraine
Native speakers	25 million  (date missing)
Language family	Altaic (controversial) Turkic Oghuz Azerbaijani
Writing system	Latin alphabet for North Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan, Perso-Arabic script for South Azerbaijani in Iran, and, formerly, Cyrillic alphabet for North Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani variants)
Official status
Official language in	Azerbaijan (North Azerbaijani), Iraq (South Azerbaijani; official in areas where Iraqi Turkmen form a majority)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	az
ISO 639-2	aze
ISO 639-3	aze
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The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, or Azerbaijani Turkish is a Turkic language that is spoken in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan in Russia.