Azerbaijan Turkish Language

okay kids, its not called "Azari turkish", but it is called Turkish. the Dialect in r. azerbaijan is closer to anatolian because soviet union tried to de-iranianize it, but turkish spoken by Azarbaijanis (and many other iranians) in Iran is more persianized and a different dialect of anatolian. however it is the same language in my opinion= Turkish.

Edited by Alborz - 22-Oct-2006 at 01:26

The most of the languges in the world have been distributed by the process of assimilation,for example Turkish in Anatolia, Persian in west and South Iran.

Day I,what happens is that, We need to leave Azerbaijan to find a good job, Mostly Tehran is the Taraget. Our Kids speaks both Persian and Turki language at the same time, to look more Tehrani, they act more Tehrani, they speak Turki only wit their parents and grand parents. They do this to look more local.

shinai, there is no such thing as ethnicty as "azeri". its just a nickname to those who come from azarbaijan province: including its kurdish, armenian, and georgian speaking population. The term ethnicity doesnt or shouldnt apply to people of Iran (and people of mid-east in general). ethnicity is only relavent to isolated areas such as kurds, and tribes such as Bakhtiaris. sometimes iranians try to differentiate themselves from arabs racially and even culturally. although they have some good points, but in reality iranians, arabs, and turks are of the same kind. Iranian and Turkish culture is almost identical, because they both are of Islamic civilization, havent you noticed that our music sounds alike, expect the language?

Edited by Alborz - 22-Oct-2006 at 15:23

Azeri Turkish and Turkish are very similar,and are virtually the same languages.

During communims the Soviets sent to Bulgaria Azeri Turks to indoctrainte us, Bulgarian Turks into communism, they did this obviously because the languages are very similar.

My cousins in Sweden (a mixture of Macedonian, Kosovar and Bulgarian Turks) regularly tune into Azeri TV and watch it, obviously because they can understand it. Turkish is a very diverse language, it is spoken very differently in the Balkans than it is in the Anatolia, and the regional variations of the Turkish dialect are great. Azeri Turkish is no more different than Anatolian Turkish, than Rumelian Turkish is. They are all in the same Turkish group.

As for Azeri Turks in Iran, I have not met many so I cannot comment. THe only Azeri Turk I met was quite shy about speaking in Turkish, did not get a chance to speak to him much. I got the impression he did not understand much though.

Originally posted by bg_turk For a comparsion between Bulgarian Turkish and Azeri Turkish you may have a look at the following clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2elC16faSo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9ddGGXiWM I feel like Bulgarian Turkish is closer to Azeri Turkish, than to Istanbulite Turkish - it is harsher and rougher, where Istanbul Turkish is too soft. Does anybody else get this feeling?

yea i got that impression also, i am a somebody who's parents are from a Turkish village every year if i go to their village people speak harsh and way different then the "normal" Turkish that we speak here at home :) Istanbul Turkish is too soft for us :D

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Tangriberdi, can you watch Azerbaycan Tv and do you understand? if you do then it cannot be called a dialect as without studying Azeri Turkish one can understand them and Azeri Turki speakers can understand Anatolian Turkish, the difference is accent with regional words and some lexical differences.

Also if you look at the pictures these people look like Persians and Afghans, These people are nomads they are not supposed to be mixed with others too much. All oghuz nomads I know Shamlus, bayenders, Khelaj , are same, like Iraians

Persians don't all look the same, there are blonde haired Persians, Black Persians, Turkic looking Persians, Afgans arn't all the same there are dark, light, White looking, Asiatic looking Afgans. Turks don't all look the same......