Azeri language

Azeri is the official language of Azerbaijan. There are approximately 7 million native speakers of Azeri.

Phonology

Based on information at http://www.azeri.org/Azeri/az_learn/latin_az_sounds.html (http://www.azeri.org/Azeri/az_learn/latin_az_sounds.html), Azeri phonology appears to be:

Consonants

		bilabial	dental	alveolar	velar	uvular	glottal
stops	voiceless	p	t		k	q
	voiced	b	d		g
affricates	voiceless			tS
	voiced			dZ
fricatives	voiceless	f	s	S	x		h
	voiced	v	z	Z	G
nasals		m	n
lateral			l
rhotic			r

Vowels

	front		central		back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
high	i	y			M	u
mid	e	9				o
low	{		a

(The above uses the SAMPA coding scheme.)

External Links

• azeri.org (http://www.azeri.org)