Languages
Scripture Status
- no Scripture
- Bible
- New Testament
- Portions
Azerbaijani, North
- Alternate names: Azerbaijan, Azerbaydzhani, Azeri Turk Also: in Armenia -- Azerbaydzhani, Azeri Turk, Turkler
- Scriptures published: Bible (1891--2004) New Testament (1878--2010) Old Testament (2004) Portions (1842--1891)
- Literacy: Taught as L2 in Russian language schools
- Primary country: Azerbaijan
- Also used in: Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
- Religion: Muslim (Shi'a), Muslim (Sunni)
- Status: Statutory national language in Azerbaijan
- Number of users: 7,324,270 (6,100,000 in Azerbaijan (2007); 161,000 in Armenia (Johnstone 1993))
(data from Ethnologue and other sources)
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