Learn Azerbaijani Through Useful Moments

Why Learn Azerbaijani?

Speakers
About 24 million (2022)
Official in
Azerbaijan, and Dagestan in Russia
Also spoken in
Northwestern Iran, where most Azerbaijanis live

Start With the Script

Azerbaijani Alphabet

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Seven New Letters: ç ə ğ ı ö ş ü

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Familiar Letters, New Sounds

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Essential Azerbaijani Greetings and Daily Interactions

6 Lessons

Azerbaijani Course Levels

  1. Level 1I'm just starting out or know only a few words
  2. Level 2I can handle simple exchanges
  3. Level 3I follow conversations on familiar topics
  4. Level 4I understand most content but miss some nuance
  5. Level 5I read complex topics but rare words slow me down
  6. Level 6I can read almost anything

How Long Does It Take to Learn Azerbaijani?

The U.S. Foreign Service Institute plans 1,012 class hours for its English-speaking students to use Azerbaijani at work. That is about 44 weeks of classes, plus about 17 hours a week of study on their own.

Here is how long 1,012 hours takes at your own pace:

3½ hours a week
About 5 years 6 months
7 hours a week
About 2 years 9 months
14 hours a week
About 1 year 5 months
28 hours a week
About 8 months

Common Questions About Learning Azerbaijani

Does Bubblegum teach Azerbaijani?

Yes. Bubblegum teaches Azerbaijani as it is written in Azerbaijan, in Latin letters.

Is Bubblegum good for beginners?

If you are serious about learning Azerbaijani, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like.

Which levels does Bubblegum teach?

Bubblegum has six levels, from Level 1 ("I'm just starting out or know only a few words") to Level 6 ("I can read almost anything"). You can change your level at any time.

Does Bubblegum teach the Azerbaijani alphabet?

Yes. Start with the free Azerbaijani Alphabet course on this site.

Do the Azerbaijani lessons have audio?

Yes. Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.

Can I practice speaking Azerbaijani?

Yes. In live voice chat, you talk out loud in Azerbaijani with Poppy, your AI tutor.

Which languages can Poppy explain Azerbaijani in?

Poppy explains Azerbaijani in any of the 76 languages the app comes in. The language pairs page shows how much of the Azerbaijani grammar and dictionary is ready in each one.

Is Bubblegum free?

Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Azerbaijani language (about 24 million speakers, Ethnologue 2022; the only official language in the Republic of Azerbaijan and one of the 14 official languages of Dagestan, but it does not have official status in Iran; Latin script in Azerbaijan)
  2. Wikipedia, Azerbaijanis (between 12 and 23 million live in Iran, mainly in the northwestern provinces; about 9.1 million in the Republic of Azerbaijan)
  3. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Language Training (Category III: about 44 weeks, 1,012 class hours; Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese)