Present-day
The main language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani. The Azerbaijani language is spoken by 96.6% of the population, while English and Russian play significant roles as languages of education and communication. Lezgian, Talysh, Avar, Georgian, Budukh, Juhuri, Khinalug, Kryts, Rutul, Tsakhur, Tat, and Udi are all spoken by minorities.
All these (with exception of Lezgian, Talysh, Avar and Georgian which have much larger number of speakers outside Azerbaijan, but nevertheless their usage is steadily declining) above mentioned languages are endangered languages which are threatened with extinction as they are spoken by few (less than 10,000) or very few (less than 1,000) people and their usage is steadily declining with immigration and modernisation.
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