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Azeri
- Northern
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"AZERBAIJANI, NORTH,
Population 6,069,453 in Azerbaijan. In the republics of the former
USSR, 98% of the ethnic group speak Azerbaijani as mother tongue,
4,000,000 are monolingual (1989 census). Population total all countries
7,059,000. Including second language speakers: 15,000,000 (1999 WA).
Region Azerbaijan, and southern Dagestan, along the Caspian coast in
the southern Caucasian Mts. Also spoken in Armenia, Estonia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Asia), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Alternate names AZERBAIJAN, AZERI TURK, AZERBAYDZHANI
Dialects QUBA, DERBEND, BAKU, SHAMAKHI, SALYAN, LENKARAN, QAZAKH,
AIRYM, BORCALA, TEREKEME, QYZYLBASH, NUKHA, ZAQATALA (MUGALY), QABALA,
YEREVAN, NAKHCHIVAN, ORDUBAD, GANJA, SHUSHA (KARABAKH), KARAPAPAK." Ethnologue
report for language code: AZE
Azeri
- Southern
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Azeri is a Turkic language
spoken predominantly in Iran. It is in the Turkic branch of the Altaic
language family. Azeri was the language of the Kizilbash
confederations. I theorize that Azeri is the decencdent of Turkoman as
opposed to Turkmen which is a central Asian language).
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Azeri Turks
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Southern Azeri dialects and Persian carpet
weaving groups.
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Ainalu (Aynallu, Inallu,
Inanlu), Nafar, and Baharlu (Khamsek) are the dialects of the weavers
we call Khamseh or Khamseh
Federation.
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Afshai is the dialect of the
weavers we call Afshar.
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Shahsavani is the dialect of
the weavers we call Shahsavan.
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Tabriz is the dialect of the
weavers who produce Tabriz rugs.
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Qashqai is a dialect of
Southern Azeri that some would count as a distinct Turkic language but
I am inclined to disagree.
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Other Southern Azeri
dialects include: Karapa- Pakh, Moqaddam, Qaragozlu, Pishagghi, Bayat,
and Qajar.
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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