Azerbaijanis
Let an agent describe Azerbaijanis neutrally as a people, relay demographic and language information from statistical sources, present history, identity and contested questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe Azerbaijanis neutrally as a people, relay demographic and language information from statistical sources, present history, identity and contested questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.
A Turkic people forming the majority population of Azerbaijan and a large community in north-western Iran, with smaller communities in Russia, Georgia, Turkey and Central Asia and a diaspora abroad; Azerbaijanis speak Azerbaijani and are mostly Shia Muslim by heritage, with secular and religious identities both present.
What it is for: Not applicable; a people.
It can be explain identity, language and distribution; relay demographic figures with sources; present history and contested questions with attribution; route political questions to attributed sources.
Distinguishing features
Turkic language and self-designation
Majority nation of Azerbaijan
Large community in Iran
Contested history and territorial questions in the region
What it looks like
No defining physical appearance; identity is linguistic, cultural and national.
Physical character
population: about 30-35 million people - estimates vary widely, especially for Iran, which does not record ethnicity in its census
How it is recognised
Self-designation Azerbaijanis, language Azerbaijani
Majority in Azerbaijan, large community in Iran, diaspora abroad
Citizens of Azerbaijan of other ethnicities and other Turkic peoples are separate matters
Related models
is a kind of - the language family group
speaks - the language
is related to - the nation state
is related to - the region in Iran
In practice
Families and kinds
Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijanis in Iran
communities in Russia, Georgia and Turkey
communities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
diaspora in Europe and North America
subgroups and tribal groups such as Karapapakhs and Kangarlu
Standards and regulation
Minority protection law in countries of residence
Azerbaijani citizenship and language law
Anti-discrimination law
Census standards for ethnicity and language
Failure modes and hazards
Stereotyping
Contested territorial and historical claims presented as fact
Conflating ethnicity with citizenship
Unsourced population figures
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who Azerbaijanis are.
Neutral description.
Definition
Identity.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are Azerbaijanis, what do they call themselves, and how does the group relate to citizens of Azerbaijan and to Turkic peoples? definition
- Is the question about ethnicity, citizenship or language? boundary
Culture
Language and culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What are the language, religions and cultural traditions, presented with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation free of stereotypes? boundary
Distribution Where they live.
Sources.
Population
Population.
Population
Population.
- How many Azerbaijanis live in Azerbaijan, Iran and elsewhere, and how are figures estimated? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Communities
Communities abroad.
Communities
Communities.
- What is the situation of communities in Iran, Russia, Georgia and the diaspora, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific community? action
History History and contested questions.
Attribution.
Past
Historical development.
Past
Past.
- How did Azerbaijani identity develop through the Safavid, Russian and Soviet periods to independence? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Contested
Contested questions.
Contested
Contested.
- How are the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and related questions presented, with positions of the parties attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Rights Rights and society.
Rights.
Minority
Minority rights.
Minority
Minority.
- What protections do Azerbaijani minorities have, and what do human rights bodies report? provenance
- Which entry fits minority rights generally? action
Society
Diaspora and identity.
Society
Society.
- What do studies say about diaspora identity and integration, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits migration? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the community in Iran be a separate entry?
- How should census and estimate sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for subgroups and diaspora communities; should they be split off?