Bible portions 1840-1993. Work in progress. In southern Dagestan, along the Caspian coast and beyond the Caucasian Mts. Altaic , Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani. High literacy rate.
Cyrillic script is used in Azerbaijan.
Used in schools, publications, radio. Significant differences from South Azerbaijani in phonology, lexicon, morphology, and syntax. Braille code available. Bible portions 1842-1891. Has literary status.