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South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish): writing

How South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish) is written: scripts, the alphabet, romanisation, numerals, keyboards and fonts.

تۆرکجه

01Scripts

02Alphabet chart: Azerbaijani in the Arabic-based alphabet

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for az_Arab.

  1. آā
  2. ؤö (with ◌ُ)
  3. اvowel seat / ā
  4. بb
  5. پp
  6. تt
  7. ثs
  8. جc
  9. چç
  10. حḥ
  11. خx
  12. دd
  13. ذz
  14. رr
  15. زz
  16. ژj
  17. سs
  18. شş
  19. صṣ
  20. ضz̤
  21. طṭ
  22. ظẓ
  23. ع‘
  24. غğ
  25. فf
  26. قq
  27. کk
  28. گg
  29. لl
  30. مm
  31. نn
  32. هh
  33. وv / u / o / ü
  34. ۆ
  35. ۇ
  36. یy / ī / ı
  37. ؽ
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
آU+0622arabic letter alef with madda aboveā
ؤU+0624arabic letter waw with hamza aboveö (with ◌ُ)
اU+0627arabic letter alefvowel seat / ā
بU+0628arabic letter behb
پU+067Earabic letter pehp
تU+062Aarabic letter teht
ثU+062Barabic letter thehs
جU+062Carabic letter jeemc
چU+0686arabic letter tchehç
حU+062Darabic letter hahḥ
خU+062Earabic letter khahx
دU+062Farabic letter dald
ذU+0630arabic letter thalz
رU+0631arabic letter rehr
زU+0632arabic letter zainz
ژU+0698arabic letter jehj
سU+0633arabic letter seens
شU+0634arabic letter sheenş
صU+0635arabic letter sadṣ
ضU+0636arabic letter dadz̤
طU+0637arabic letter tahṭ
ظU+0638arabic letter zahẓ
عU+0639arabic letter ain‘
غU+063Aarabic letter ghainğ
فU+0641arabic letter fehf
قU+0642arabic letter qafq
کU+06A9arabic letter kehehk
گU+06AFarabic letter gafg
لU+0644arabic letter laml
مU+0645arabic letter meemm
نU+0646arabic letter noonn
هU+0647arabic letter hehh
وU+0648arabic letter wawv / u / o / ü
ۆU+06C6arabic letter oe
ۇU+06C7arabic letter u
یU+06CCarabic letter farsi yehy / ī / ı
ؽU+063Darabic letter farsi yeh with inverted v
  • Used for South Azerbaijani in Iran.
  • Vowel marks are used sparingly, so a reader supplies most vowels.
  • ۆ ۇ ؽ have no value in the ALA-LC Azerbaijani table; their romanisation is to verify.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

03Alphabet chart: Azerbaijani Latin alphabet

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for az.

  1. a
  2. b
  3. c
  4. ç
  5. d
  6. e
  7. ə
  8. f
  9. g
  10. ğ
  11. h
  12. x
  13. ı
  14. i
  15. j
  16. k
  17. q
  18. l
  19. m
  20. n
  21. o
  22. ö
  23. p
  24. r
  25. s
  26. ş
  27. t
  28. u
  29. ü
  30. v
  31. y
  32. z
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
aU+0061latin small letter a
bU+0062latin small letter b
cU+0063latin small letter c
çU+00E7latin small letter c with cedilla
dU+0064latin small letter d
eU+0065latin small letter e
əU+0259latin small letter schwa
fU+0066latin small letter f
gU+0067latin small letter g
ğU+011Flatin small letter g with breve
hU+0068latin small letter h
xU+0078latin small letter x
ıU+0131latin small letter dotless i
iU+0069latin small letter i
jU+006Alatin small letter j
kU+006Blatin small letter k
qU+0071latin small letter q
lU+006Clatin small letter l
mU+006Dlatin small letter m
nU+006Elatin small letter n
oU+006Flatin small letter o
öU+00F6latin small letter o with diaeresis
pU+0070latin small letter p
rU+0072latin small letter r
sU+0073latin small letter s
şU+015Flatin small letter s with cedilla
tU+0074latin small letter t
uU+0075latin small letter u
üU+00FClatin small letter u with diaeresis
vU+0076latin small letter v
yU+0079latin small letter y
zU+007Alatin small letter z
  • 32 letters, used in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

04Romanisation and transliteration

Writing the language in other letters, by open published standards. Libraries use the ALA-LC tables for names and titles.

Azerbaijani Arabic-based alphabet to Latin, ALA-LC (2017)

آذربایجان دیلی

āzrbāycān dılı

Letter by letter. Vowel harmony decides between i and ı and between u and ü; this demo cannot, so check against a dictionary.

Nothing you type leaves your browser. A teaching aid: check any text against the standard before you use it.

Azerbaijani Arabic-based alphabet to Latin, ALA-LC (2017)
LetterBecomes
آā
بb
پp
تt
ثs
جc
چç
حḥ
خx
دd
ذz
رr
زz
ژj
سs
شş
صṣ
ضz̤
طṭ
ظẓ
ع‘
غğ
فf
قq
کk
گg
لl
مm
نn
هh
كk

Sources Library of Congress. ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Azerbaijani, 2017 version. (2017) Verified

05Numerals

Western digits latn
2026
Extended Arabic-Indic (Persian) digits arabext
۲۰۲۶

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems. Persian digits differ from Arabic digits in the shapes of 4, 5 and 6.

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Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789
Extended Arabic-Indic (Persian) digits۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹

06Orthography and standards

No official orthography body is recorded for South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish) yet.

StandardFor this language
ISO 639-3azb (macrolanguage aze)
ISO 15924Arab, Latn
Unicode CLDR localeaz_Arab, az
Digitslatn, arabext

Sources ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify; ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

07Keyboards and typing

Windows
Settings, Time and language, Language and region: add the language, then its keyboard. Switch with Windows key and Space.
macOS
System Settings, Keyboard, Text Input: edit Input Sources and add the keyboard. Switch from the menu bar.
Android
In the keyboard app’s settings (Gboard: Languages), add the language and choose its layout.
iPhone and iPad
Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards: add the keyboard. Switch with the globe key.
Linux
In the desktop settings (GNOME: Keyboard, Input Sources), add the layout.

Which layouts each system ships for each language changes with every release. Check the list on your device; layouts we have confirmed are named on the language’s page.

08Fonts

On this platform the language is shown with Vazirmatn. Every face is self-hosted under an open licence.

FontScriptsLicence
VazirmatnPersian, Arabic, Dari, South AzerbaijaniSIL Open Font License 1.1
EstedadKurdish in the Arabic-based script, Arabic-script headingsSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans ArmenianArmenianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans Syriac EasternAssyrian Neo-AramaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans MandaicMandaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans HebrewHebrew, Judeo-PersianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans GeorgianGeorgianSIL Open Font License 1.1
IBM Plex Sans and Noto SansLatin and Cyrillic, Kurdish Cyrillic lettersSIL Open Font License 1.1

09Sources

  1. Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Exemplar characters and default numbering systems, read 2026-10-23.

  2. Library of Congress. ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Azerbaijani, 2017 version. 2017

    Verified

  3. The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Character names, code points and block ranges.

  4. ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. 2025

    Verified

  5. ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. 2025

    To verify Codes cross-checked through Glottolog records; the code tables themselves were not read.

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Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish): Writing. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/azb/writing/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish): Writing.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/azb/writing/.

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	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {South {Azerbaijani} ({Azerbaijani} {Turkish}): Writing},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/azb/writing/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/azb/writing/},
}

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10Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Design and preliminary validation of a comprehensive Azerbaijani-Turkish language development test (ATLDT) for children aged 3-7 years: A methodological study.

    Abbasi H, Ahadi H, Fekar Gharamaleki F et al. · 2026 · Appl Neuropsychol Child

    ArticleEurope PMC

  2. Acquisition Sequence of Grammatical Structures in Azerbaijani-Turkish-speaking Children Aged 4-6 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study.

    Masumi J, Gharamaleki FF, Fathipour-Azar Z et al. · 2026 · Int J Lang Commun Disord

    ArticleEurope PMC

  3. Is Azerbaijani Turkish an Endangered Language? Language Attitudes among Azerbaijani Youth in Tabriz

    Naser Nouri · 2015 · Theory and Practice in Language Studies

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  4. The Role of Azerbaijani Turkish in Safavid Iran

    Willem Floor, Hasan Javadi · 2013 · Iranian Studies

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  5. Turkish-Azerbaijani relations

    Elnur Soltanov · 2016 · Turkish-Azerbaijani Relations

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  6. Azerbaijani/Azeri Turkish speech development

    Talieh Zarifian, Akram Ahmadi, Fatemeh Fekar-Gharamaleki · 2026 · Oxford University PressOxford

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  7. Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Validation of the Azerbaijani-Turkish Version of the Voice Symptom Scale (AT-VoiSS).

    Fekar Gharamaleki F, Ghorbani E, Ahadi J et al. · 2025 · J Voice

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  8. Pegi1727/DIINA-ASR-Dynamic-Inhibition-Induced-Neural-Architecture-for-Under-Resourced-Languages: DIINA: Dynamic Inhibition-Induced Neural Architecture – A Comparative ASR Analysis of Scottish Gaelic and South Azerbaijani (ICPLA 2027)

    Pegah Merrikhi · 2026 · Zenodo

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  9. THE ROLE OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS IN TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY AT THE CURRENT STAGE: TURKISH-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS

    2023 · Vostokovedenie i afrikanistika

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  10. Copied passives in Southern Azerbaijani, Northern Azerbaijani and Turkish

    Hossein Hashemi · 2015 · Ankara Papers in Turkish and Turkic Linguistics

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  11. Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10): Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Azerbaijani-Turkish Version.

    Mirahadi SS, Ghazani SM, Fekar Gharamaleki F · 2025 · J Voice

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  12. Azerbaijani-Turkish Literary Relations Present and Past

    Tofiq Abdulhasanov · 2019 · Elsevier BV

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