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What is the difference between Turks and Azeris?
Modern Turkish is the literary idiom of the Anatolian Turks and the official language of the Republic of Turkey, whereas Azeri or Azerbaijani is the language of the Azeris living mostly in Azerbaijan and in northwestern Iran and the official language of the recently independent Republic of Azerbaijan.
Can Azeris understand Turks?
Azerbaijani, or Azeri, is part of the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages along with Turkish and Turkmen. Statistics suggest Azeri and Turkish speakers can understand each other more than 80\% of the time.
Where did Azeri people come from?
The Azerbaijani are of mixed ethnic origin, the oldest element deriving from the indigenous population of eastern Transcaucasia and possibly from the Medians of northern Persia. This population was Persianized during the period of the Sāsānian dynasty of Iran (3rd–7th century ce).
How old is the Azeri language?
| Old Azeri | |
|---|---|
| Era | 700s–1600s CE |
| Language family | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern II Tatic Tati-Azari Old Azeri |
| Writing system | Persian alphabet |
| Language codes |
Is Azeri a language?
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan/Official languages
How did Azeris get their Turkic ancestry?
The Azeris received their partial Turkic ancestry around the 9th century according to the genetic evidence and didn’t subsequently receive much or any additional Turkic ancestry, since their “Central Asian ancestors crossed the Iranian plateau and became largely inaccessible to subsequent gene flow with other Turkic speakers”.
Are Azaris genetically similar to Central Asia and the Caucasus?
The results show that Azaris have much weaker genetic affinity with the populations from Central Asia and the Caucasus than with their immediate geographic neighbours.
Where do Azeris live?
Many other Azeris live in northwestern Iran. They currently speak an Oghuz Turkic language but did not always do so (except for the small proportion of their ancestors who were Turkmens from Central Asia). Here’s a quick summary of the most common Azeri haplogroups.
Are Azeris included in Family Tree DNA’s database?
Family Tree DNA’s database includes not only Azeris but also other Caucasian peoples (Laks, Armenians, Georgians, Jews, etc.) and members of many other ethnic groups. Once you’ve submitted your DNA sample, you’ll be eligible to join the “Azerbaijan DNA Project”and the “Azerbaijan – Turkic DNA Project”if you’re an Azeri.