Old Azeri language

The Altaserbaidschanische language ( technical term: Āzarbāydschāni; abbreviated also called Azari ) was a Middle Iranian language that was spoken until the 16th century in the region of Azerbaijan in the northwest of present-day Iran and adjacent areas. She was next to the Persian language, which served as an administrative and cultural language, the main language of the region. As a member of the Southwest branch of the Iranian languages ​​altaserbaidschanische the language was closely related to the Middle Persian language.

With the conquest by the Seljuk Āzarbāydschāns and a little later by the Ilkhanate, lost altaserbaidschanische language is becoming increasingly important, so it was hardly spoken during the reign of the Turkmen Aq Qoyunlu.

Literary evidence of this language are rare. Among the most important surviving documents that were written in this language, which belongs to Dobayt Collection ( " couplets " ) of the mystic Sheikh Safi al -Din Abdul Fath Is'haq Ardabili, founder of Safawiyya Sufi order ( tariqa ) and progenitor of the same dynasty.

Today's actions in the Caucasus region of Dagestan and speak a language of the successor Altaserbaidschischen. In addition, the altaserbaidschanische language had a strong influence on the Azerbaijan - Turkish, which took her place in the region in the sequence. The Iranian influence is clear today.