Azerbaijani (, , ) or Azeri (, ), also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkish or Azeri Turkish , is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who are concentrated mainly in the South Caucasus geographical region. The language has official status in Azerbaijan and Dagestan (a federal subject of Russia), although in Iranian Azerbaijan, where the plurality of speakers live, it has no such status. The language is also spoken to lesser varying degrees in Georgia, Iraq, and Turkey.