Azerbaijani, South

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A language of Iran

ISO 639-3
azb
Alternate Names
Torki
Population

15,500,000 in Iran (2010). Population total all countries: 16,913,280. Ethnic population: 18,700,000.

Location

East and West Azerbaijan provinces, Ardebil, Zanjan, and part of Markazi provinces; Tehran districts; Fars Province and scattered. Also in Azerbaijan, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, United States.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani
Dialects

Afshari (Afsar, Afshar), Aynallu (Inallu, Inanlu), Baharlu (Kamesh), Bayat, Karapapakh, Moqaddam, Nafar, Pishagchi, Qajar, Qaragozlu, Shahsavani (Shahseven), Tabriz.

Language Use

Vigorous. Used as L2 in Northwestern Iran. All ages. Also use Iranian Persian [pes] or English [eng].

Language Development
Fully developed.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Azerbaijani, South
Writing
Arabic script, used in Iraq and Iran.
Other Comments

Muslim (Shi’a).

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