English / Azeri Phrasebook

Azerbaijanis refer to their language as Türki "Turkish" or Azərbaycan Türkcəsi "Azerbaijani Turkish" and scholars such as Vladimir Minorsky used this definition in their works, distinguishing it from İstanbul Türki ("İstanbul Turkish"), the official language of Turkey. In 1945-1946, when the Azerbaijan People's Government was in power in Iranian Azerbaijan, the language of Iranian Azerbaijan was officially announced by the parliament as Türk dili "Turkish". Varlıq, the most important literary Azerbaijani magazine published in Iran, uses the term Türki to refer to the language.

In 1992–1993, when the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party was in power in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, the official language of Soviet Azerbaijan was officially announced by the parliament as Türk dili ("Turkish"). However, since 1994 the Soviet-era name of the language, Azərbaycan dili ("Azerbaijani"), has been reestablished and reflected in the constitution of Azerbaijan because of political reasons such as cutting the connection and Azerbaijan–Turkey relations.

Azerbaijani is spoken primarily by the Azerbaijanis, who are concentrated mainly in Transcaucasia. The language has official status in Azerbaijan and Dagestan (a federal subject of Russia) but not in Iranian Azerbaijan where the majority of Azeri speakers live. The language is also spoken to lesser varying degrees in Azerbaijani communities of Georgia, Iraq, and Turkey.

Azerbaijani is a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. It has two primary divisions, North Azerbaijani (spoken in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russia) and South Azerbaijani (spoken in Iran), and is closely related to Turkish, Qashqai, Turkmen and Crimean Tatar, sharing varying degrees of mutual intelligibility with each of those languages. North Azerbaijani and South Azerbaijani are sometimes classified as separate languages, although there is a fair degree of mutually intelligibility between them.

This phrasebook contains parallel English and Azeri words and phrases in twenty-eight categories. It is not designed as a tourist phrasebook, but rather as a tool for someone who neeeds to learn the language for communication. Whether you speak English and need to learn Azeri, or you speak Azeri and need to learn English, this book will help.

Audio to accompany this book may be downloaded from our website.

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For each word and phrase you will find:

English word or phrase
Azeri word or phrase
An English transliteration of the Azeri word
The MP3 filename of the sample audio.