Turkic family
Azerbaijani
c. 1300 CE – today Living
Azerbaijani (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Old Oghuz → Azerbaijani.
See Azerbaijani on the interactive map- Speakers
- 24M (24,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- aze
Oghuz language of Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran (North and South Azerbaijani). Literary tradition from the 13th–14th c.
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
- Old Oghuzc. 800 CE – 1200 CE
- Azerbaijanic. 1300 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Old Oghuz.