Azerbaijani, also known as Azeri, is a Turkic language spoken primarily in Azerbaijan, where it is the official language, and by large communities in Iran, Turkey, Russia, and other countries. It belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken by over 25 million people.
Azerbaijani is written using different scripts depending on the region. In Azerbaijan, it uses the Latin alphabet, while in Iran it is written with a modified Arabic script. Historically, Cyrillic was also used during the Soviet period. The language is agglutinative, meaning grammatical relationships are expressed through suffixes, and it follows vowel harmony.
Azerbaijani grammar is relatively regular, with no grammatical gender and a subject–object–verb (SOV) word order. The language has a rich oral and literary tradition and plays an important role in national identity, culture, and media in Azerbaijani-speaking communities.
