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|pronunciation = |states = |ethnicity = Azerbaijani |speakers = million |date = 1997–2010 |ref = e18 |familycolor = Altaic |fam1=Turkic |fam2=Oghuz |fam3=Western Oghuz |script = *In Azerbaijan: Latin (Azerbaijani alphabet) *In Russia: Cyrillic *In Iran: Arabic script |nation = |agency = Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences |iso1=az |iso2=aze |iso3=aze |lc1=azj |ld1=North Azerbaijani |lc2=azb |ld2=South Azerbaijani |lc3=slq |ld3=Salchuq |lc4=qxq |ld4=Qashqai |glotto=azer1255 |glottoname=North Azeri–Salchuq |glotto2=sout2696 |glottoname2=South Azeri–Qashqa'i |lingua = part of 44-AAB-a |map = Idioma azerí.png |mapcaption = |notice = IPA }} Azerbaijani (, ) or Azeri (, ), also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkish or Azeri Turkish (), is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who are concentrated mainly in the South Caucasus geographical region. The language has official status in Azerbaijan and Dagestan (a federal subject of Russia), although in Iranian Azerbaijan, where the plurality of speakers live, it has no such status. The language is also spoken to lesser varying degrees in Georgia, Iraq, and Turkey. Azerbaijani is a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. It has two primary divisions, North Azerbaijani and South Azerbaijani, and is closely related to Turkish, Qashqai, Turkmen and Crimean Tatar, sharing mutual intelligibility with each of those languages to some extent. == Etymology == Azerbaijani people in Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan (and the rest of Iran) refer to their language as Türki which literally means Turkish. In 1992–1993, when Azerbaijan Popular Front Party was in power in Azerbaijan, the official language of Azerbaijan was renamed by the parliament as ''Türk dili'' ("Turkish"). However, since 1994 the Soviet-era name of the language, ''Azərbaycan dili'' ("Azerbaijani"), has been re-established and reflected in the Constitution because of political reasons. ''Varlıq'', the most important literary Azerbaijani magazine published in Iran, uses the term ''Türki'' ("Turkish" in English or "Torki" in Persian) to refer to the Azerbaijani language. Azeris in Iran often refer to the language as ''Türki'', distinguishing it from ''İstanbul Türki'' ("Istanbul Turkish"), the official language of Turkey. Some people also consider Azerbaijani to be a dialect of a greater Turkish language and call it ''Azərbaycan Türkcəsi'' ("Azerbaijani Turkish or Turkish of Azerbaijan"), and scholars such as Vladimir Minorsky used this definition in their works. ISO encodes its two varieties, North Azerbaijani and South Azerbaijani, as distinct languages. According to the Linguasphere Observatory, all Oghuz languages form part of a single "outer language" of which North and South Azerbaijani are "inner languages". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azerbaijani language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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