Language/North-azerbaijani/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Azeri Alphabet

North-azerbaijani Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Transliteration, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

Salam, Azerbaijani Learners! 😃

➡ In today's lesson you will learn how to write and pronounce the letters of the Azeri alphabet.

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the North-azerbaijani alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Azerbaijani Sound System

Azerbaijani Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Palato- alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n						(ŋ)
Stop/Affricate	p	b	t	d			t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ	c	(ɟ)	(k)	ɡ
Fricative	f	v	s	z			ʃ	ʒ			x	ɣ	h
Approximant						l				j
Flap						ɾ

Azerbaijani Vowels

The vowels of the Azerbaijani are, in alphabetical order, 'a' /ɑ/, 'e' /e/, 'ə' /æ/, 'ı' /ɯ/, 'i' /i/, 'o' /o/, 'ö' /ø/, 'u' /u/, 'ü' /y/.

	Front		Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y	ɯ	u
Mid	e	ø		o
Open	æ		ɑ

Azerbaijani Writing System

Azerbaijani Alphabet

Perso-Arabic	Cyrillic		Latin				IPA
–1929	1939–1958	1958–1991	1922–1933	1933–1939	1991–1992	1992–
آ-ا	А а		A a				[ɑ]
ب	Б б		B b	B ʙ	B b		[b]
ج	Ҹ ҹ		C c	Ç ç	C c		[dʒ]
چ	Ч ч		Ç ç	C c	Ç ç		[tʃ]
د	Д д		D d				[d]
ئ	Е е		E e				[e]
ه-ٱ-اَ	Ә ә		Ə ə		Ä ä	Ə ə	[æ]
ف	Ф ф		F f				[f]
گ	Ҝ ҝ		Ƣ ƣ	G g			[ɟ]
غ	Ғ ғ		G g	Ƣ ƣ	Ğ ğ		[ɣ]
ح,‎ ه	Һ һ		H h				[h]
خ	Х х		X x				[x]
اؽ	Ы ы			Ь ь	I ı		[ɯ]
ای	И и		I i		İ i		[ɪ]
ژ	Ж ж		Ƶ ƶ		J j		[ʒ]
ک	К к		Q q	K k			[c], [ç], [k]
ق	Г г		K k	Q q			[ɡ]
ل	Л л		L l				[l]
م	М м		M m				[m]
ن	Н н		N n				[n]
وْ	О о		O o				[o]
ؤ	Ө ө		Ɵ ɵ		Ö ö		[œ]
پ	П п		P p				[p]
ر	Р р		R r				[r]
ث,‎ س,‎ ص	С с		S s				[s]
ش	Ш ш		Ɜ ɜ	Ş ş			[ʃ]
ت,‎ ط	Т т		T t				[t]
ۇ	У у		Y y	U u			[u]
ۆ	Ү ү		U u	Y y	Ü ü		[y]
و	В в		V v				[v]
ی	Й й	Ј ј	J j		Y y		[j]
یا	Я я	ЈА jа	ЈА ја		YA ya		[jɑ]
یئ	Е е1	ЈЕ је	ЈE јe		YE ye		[je]
ائ	Э э1	Е е	E e				[e]
یوْ	Йо йо	ЈО јо	ЈO јo		YO yo		[jo]
یۇ	Ю ю	ЈУ ју	JY jy	ЈU јu	YU yu		[ju]
ذ,‎ ز,‎ ض,‎ ظ	З з		Z z				[z]

Azerbaijani Online Virtual Keyboard

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_language
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-bUneZZA8U