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Quote from roy on 02.12.2007 at 16:05:59:Index Translationum -- a UNESCO project that keeps tracks of book translations -- published some curious statistics covering 75 years of its tracking translation efforts worldwide:
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The last list is particularly telling of the cultural development of a nation, as it is indicative of how much native speakers in that country are interested in reading foreign literature. While Turkish is at a reasonably high 23rd place, I believe given Turkey's large population, the 23rd position still indicates limited exposure of Turkish masses to external cultural influences. The Azerbaijani dialect of Turkish is not even listed. Note that both Uzbek and Kazakh score very high even though until recently Kazakh was a minority language in Kazakhstan and was savagely repressed by Russia. Georgian and Armenian are at respectable 44th and 45th positions, which given their small native speaker base, is a sign of both human development and the high profile enjoyed by the native tongues in Georgia and Armenia. I think the disturbing truth about Azerbaijanis is that
(1) educated people in both Northern and Southern Azerbaijan prefer reading foreign literature in Russian, Persian and, more recently, English and mainstream Turkish.
(2) Azerbaijani schools in Northern Azerbaijan (with the exception of Turkish lyceums in Baku and some "newly converted" Soviet-Russian schools) are not up to modern standards and turn out largely ignorant people badly in need of further basic education. And Azerbaijani schools are simply non-existent in Southern Azerbaijan.
(3) Judging from the number and quality of bookshop in Baku (as compared to those in Istanbul, Tehran, Moscow and pretty much any large city of a reasonably developed nation) and circulation of the most popular newspapers, we are NOT a reading nation.
Contrast the above to this:
http://www.photius.com/rankings/languages2.html
Turkish is the 15th most common language in the world, while South Azerbaijani is at number 38... Throw in 8 million of North Azerbaijani and Azerbaijani will at least formally become roughly the 30th most common language in the world. But not in terms of cultural importance, though... Bu mesele, "Ne? Harada? Ne zaman?" oyununun yerli kanalların birinde efire buraxılmaması ve ümumiyyetle dilimiz barede: http://ilgarmammadov.livejournal.com/2008/01/05/
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