https://doi.org/10.36719/2663-4619/109/28-32
Sevinj Sadigova
Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University
Doctor of Philosophy in Philology
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8720-3262
The History of the Development of the Azerbaijani Language
as a State Language
Abstract
The article examines the history of the development of the Azerbaijani language as a state language, issues of state care for the Azerbaijani language in modern times. It was noted that the Azerbaijani language is the national-spiritual wealth, source of national pride, national asset of every Azerbaijani. The Azerbaijani language, which has a very ancient history of formation, is included in the Oghuz subgroup of the Turkic language group according to the genealogical division, and the agglutinative group of languages according to the typological division. The Azerbaijani language, which survived the harsh trials of time and survived for centuries, is today one of the most developed languages in the world. The Azerbaijani language has always maintained its prestige among the languages of the world, and has even been compared with languages that are widespread in Europe. Thus, M. Y. Lermontov, while in the Caucasus, noted based on his observations that it is possible to travel throughout Europe knowing the French language, and it is possible to travel throughout the Caucasus and Asia knowing the Azerbaijani language. This fact suggests that knowing the French language was as necessary and important in Europe as it was in the Caucasus and Asia. In addition, the German poet F. Bodenstedt wrote that knowing this language (Azerbaijani) would be enough to communicate with the people living in the Caucasus.
Keywords: Azerbaijani language, state language, main means of communication, constitution