Azeri Alphabet
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Like other Turkic languages in the former USSR, Azeri has gone through several changes of alphabet over the past century. Until the 1920s it was written in the Arabic alphabet, from 1928 to 1938 it, along with the other Turkic languages, was switched to Latin. From then on it was written in a modified Cyrillic script, and in 1992 it switched to a Latin alphabet, this time based on the one used in Turkey. In South Azerbaijan (Iran) Azeri is still written with the Arabic script.
| Latin | Cyrillic | Arabic | IPA | Approx. English sound |
| Aa | Аа | آ ا | ɑ | father |
| Bb | Бб | ب | b | beet |
| Cc | Ҹҹ | ج | ʤ | jam |
| Çç | Чч | چ | ʧ | chair |
| Dd | Дд | د | d | dart |
| Ee | Ее | ائ | e | end |
| Əə | Әә | اَ | æ | ant |
| Ff | Фф | ف | f | fire |
| Gg | Ҝҝ | گ | gʲ | gear |
| Ğğ | Ғғ | غ | ɣ | No exact equivalent; like Arabic ghayn |
| Hh | Һһ | *(ه (ح | h | hat |
| Xx | Хх | خ | x | No exact equivalent; like Scottish loch |
| Iı | Ыы | ای | ɯ | Like e in happen |
| İi | Ии | ای | ɪ | pin |
| Jj | Жж | ژ | ʒ | massage |
| Kk | Кк | ک | kʲ | keel |
| Гг | ق | g/x/k | go | |
| Ll | Лл | ل | l/ɫ | lard |
| Mm | Мм | م | m | man |
| Nn | Нн | ن | n | need |
| Oo | Оо | او | ɔ | pore |
| Öö | Өө | اؤ | ø | herd |
| Pp | Пп | پ | p | pear |
| Rr | Рр | ر | r | row |
| Ss | Сс | (س (ث ص | s | soot |
| Şş | Шш | ش | ʃ | shield |
| Tt | Тт | ت ط | t | toad |
| Uu | Уу | او | ʊ | hood |
| Üü | Үү | او | y | abuse |
| Vv | Вв | و | v | vase |
| Yy | Јј | ی | j | yard |
| Zz | Зз | (ز (ذ ض ظ | z | zoo |
