Azerbaijani alphabet
| Azerbaijani Latin alphabet Latın qrafikalı Azərbaycan əlifbası | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Period | 1991 – present |
| Languages | Azerbaijani |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian hieroglyphs
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| Unicode | |
| subset of Latin (U+0000...U+02AF) | |
The Azerbaijani alphabet has three versions, which include the Arabic, Latin, and Cyrillic alphabets.
North Azerbaijani, the main variety spoken in the Republic of Azerbaijan, is written in the Latin script. After the fall of the Soviet Union, this superseded previous versions based on the Cyrillic and Arabic scripts.
South Azerbaijani, the language spoken in Iran's Azerbaijan region, is written in a modified Arabic script since the Safavid Empire.
Azerbaijanis of Dagestan still use the Cyrillic script.