Azerbaijan: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Republik Azerbaijan''' ([[Bahasa Azeri]]: ''Azərbaycan Respublikası'') adalah sebuah [[negara]] di [[Kaukasus]] di persimpangan [[Eropa]] dan [[Asia Barat]]. Ia berbatasan dengan [[Rusia]] di sebelah utara, [[Georgia]] dan [[Armenia]] di barat, dan [[Iran]] di selatan. [[Nakhichevan|Republik Otonomi Nakhichevan]] (sebuah [[eksklave]] milik '''Azerbaijan''') berbatasan dengan [[Armenia]] di sebelah utara, [[Iran]] di selatan, dan [[Turki]] di barat.

Azerbaijan adalah negara [[sekuler]] dan telah menjadi anggota dari [[Dewan Eropa]] sejak [[2001]]. Mayoritas populasi adalah [[Syi'ah| Syiah]] dan turunan [[Turki]] barat, dikenal sebagai [[Bahasa Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]], atau singkatnya [[Azeri]]. Negara ini resminya [[demokrasi]], tetapi dengan peraturan [[Otoritarianisme|otoritas]] kuat. Azerbaijan juga merupakan [[negara]] anggota [[Organisasi Kerja Sama Islam|OKI]].

</ref> Sistem perbankan Azerbaijan terdiri dari [[Bank Sentral Azerbaijan]], bank komersial, dan organisasi kredit non-perbankan. Bank Nasional (sekarang Pusat) didirikan pada tahun 1992 berdasarkan Bank Tabungan Negara Azerbaijan, afiliasi dari Bank Tabungan Negara Uni Soviet sebelumnya. Bank Sentral berfungsi sebagai bank sentral Azerbaijan, berwenang untuk menerbitkan mata uang nasional, [[Manat Azerbaijan]], dan mengawasi semua bank komersial. Dua bank komersial utama adalah [[UniBank (Azerbaijan)|UniBank]] dan [[Bank Internasional Azerbaijan]] milik negara, dijalankan oleh Abbas Ibrahimov.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibar.az/az/haqqimizda/rehberlik |title=Rəhbərlik |language=az |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=ibar.az |publisher=[[International Bank of Azerbaijan]] |access-date=2023-01-22 |archive-date=2021-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420171809/https://www.ibar.az/az/haqqimizda/rehberlik |dead-url=no }}</ref>

Didorong oleh belanja dan pertumbuhan permintaan, tingkat inflasi Q1 tahun 2007 mencapai 16,6%.<ref name="INF">{{cite web| title = Azerbaijan's Q1 inflation rate 16.6%, National Bank Chief says| publisher = Today.Az| url = http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews48/e3.php| access-date = 29 May 2007| archive-date = 2007-09-28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103738/http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews48/e3.php| dead-url = no}}</ref> Pendapatan nominal dan upah bulanan masing-masing naik 29% dan 25% terhadap angka ini, tetapi kenaikan harga di industri non-minyak mendorong inflasi.<ref name="INF"/> Azerbaijan menunjukkan beberapa tanda yang disebut "[[Penyakit Belanda]]" karena sektor energinya yang berkembang pesat, yang menyebabkan inflasi dan membuat ekspor non-energi menjadi lebih mahal.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Dutch disease and the Azerbaijan economy |journal=Communist and Post-Communist Studies |date=1 December 2013 |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=463–480 |doi=10.1016/j.postcomstud.2013.09.001 }}</ref>

Pada awal tahun 2000-an, inflasi yang sangat tinggi dapat dikendalikan. Hal ini menyebabkan peluncuran mata uang baru, manat Azerbaijan baru, pada 1 Januari 2006, untuk memperkuat reformasi ekonomi dan menghapus sisa-sisa ekonomi yang tidak stabil.<ref>{{cite web| last = Mehdizade| first = Sevinj| title = Azerbaijan's New Manats: Design and Transition to a New Currency| publisher = Azerbaijan International| url = http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai143_folder/143_articles/143_manat.html| access-date = 2023-01-22| archive-date = 2010-12-16| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216141525/http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai143_folder/143_articles/143_manat.html| dead-url = no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ismayilov|first=Rovshan|title=Azerbaijan's Manat Makeover: Good Times Ahead?|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav030106.shtml|publisher=EurasiaNet|access-date=7 December 2010|archive-date=2006-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614041952/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav030106.shtml|dead-url=no}}</ref> Azerbaijan juga menduduki peringkat ke-57 dalam [[Laporan Daya Saing Global]] untuk 2010–2011, di atas negara-negara CIS lainnya.<ref>

Pada Maret 2022, 52,9% dari total populasi Azerbaijan yang berjumlah 10.164.464 tinggal di perkotaan, dengan 47,1% sisanya di pedesaan.<ref name="reportpop">{{cite web |url=https://report.az/en/sosial-security/population-of-azerbaijan-revealed/ |website=Report |title=Population of Azerbaijan revealed |date=15 April 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022 |archive-date=2022-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122134049/https://report.az/en/sosial-security/population-of-azerbaijan-revealed/ |dead-url=no }}</ref> Pada Januari 2019, 50,1% dari total populasi adalah perempuan. [[Rasio jenis kelamin manusia|Rasio jenis kelamin]] pada tahun yang sama adalah 0,99 laki-laki per perempuan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.gov.az/news/index.php?id=4131|title=Azərbaycanda demoqrafik vəziyyət|website=State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan|language=az|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219130340/https://www.stat.gov.az/news/index.php?id=4131|archive-date=19 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Diaspora Azerbaijan]] ditemukan di 42 negara<ref>{{cite web| title = Xaricdəki təşkilatlar | publisher = State Committee on Work with Diaspora| url = http://www.diaspora.gov.az/index.php?options=content&id=87| access-date = 25 May 2007| language = Az| archive-date = 2013-08-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130805110100/http://diaspora.gov.az/index.php?options=content&id=87| dead-url = no}}</ref> dan pada gilirannya terdapat banyak pusat etnis minoritas di dalam Azerbaijan, termasuk masyarakat budaya [[Jerman Azerbaijan|Jerman]] "Karelhaus", pusat budaya [[Bangsa Slavia|Slavia]], komunitas Azerbaijan-Israel, pusat budaya [[Orang Kurdi|Kurdi]], Asosiasi [[Suku Talish|Talysh]] Internasional, Pusat nasional [[Lezgin]] "Samur", komunitas [[Republik Tatarstan|Azerbaijan-Tatar]], masyarakat [[Tatar Krimea]], dll.<ref name="MIN">{{cite web|title=Ethnic minorities |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |url=http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/foreign_policy/inter_affairs/human/ethnic.shtml |access-date=27 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417093650/http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/foreign_policy/inter_affairs/human/ethnic.shtml |archive-date=17 April 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Secara total, Azerbaijan memiliki 78 kota, 63 distrik kota, dan satu kota berstatus hukum khusus. 261 permukiman tipe perkotaan dan 4248 desa mengikutinya.<ref name="stat.gov.az">[http://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/ap/ Azərbaycanın əhalisi | Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911081528/https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/ap/ |date=2022-09-11 }}. Stat.gov.az. Retrieved 1 July 2017.</ref>

[[File:Bibi Heybat Mosque Baku 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Masjid Bibi-Heybat]] di Baku. Masjid ini dibangun di atas makam seorang keturunan Nabi [[Muhammad]] Saw.<ref name="Bibi">{{cite web|last=Sharifov|first=Azad|title=Legend of the Bibi-Heybat Mosque|url=http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/63_folder/63_articles/63_bibiheybat.html|publisher=Azerbaijan International|access-date= 11 July 2010|archive-date=2018-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025174650/http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/63_folder/63_articles/63_bibiheybat.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>]]

Azerbaijan dianggap sebagai negara mayoritas Muslim paling sekuler.<ref>{{cite news|title= Islam and Secularism: the Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France |publisher= PR Web|url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10839650.htm|access-date= 2013-08-16|archive-date= 2020-11-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201123235711/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10839650.htm|dead-url= no}}</ref> Sekitar 97% penduduknya beragama Islam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Mapping The Global Muslim Population |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092435/http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sekitar 55-6585% Muslim diperkirakan [[Syiah]], sementara 35-4515% Muslim [[Sunni]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2022 |title=2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Azerbaijan |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/azerbaijan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604000708/https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/azerbaijan/ |archive-date=4 June 2022 |website=U.S Department of State}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenger |first=Nurit |date=8 May 2017 |title=Azerbaijan a Destination Worthwhile. My week travel log in Azerbaijan - Day two |url=https://m.jpost.com/blogs/think-with-me/azerbaijan-a-destination-worthwhile-my-week-travel-log-in-azerbaijan-489899/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119062158/https://www.jpost.com/blogs/think-with-me/azerbaijan-a-destination-worthwhile-my-week-travel-log-in-azerbaijan-489899 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Balci |first=Bayram |date=18 March 2013 |title=The Syrian Crisis: A View from Azerbaijan |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/18/syrian-crisis-view-from-azerbaijan-pub-52295 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118105418/https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/18/syrian-crisis-view-from-azerbaijan-pub-52295 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ismayilov |first=Murad |title=The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2018 |isbn=9781498568364 |location=London SE11 4AB |pages=2 |chapter=1: Hybrid Intentionality and Exogenus Sources of Elite's Manifold Attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=S. Nielsem |first=Jorgen |title=Yearbook of Muslims in Europe: Volume 5 |last2=Balciz Goyushov |first2=Bayram, Altay |publisher=Brill |year=2013 |isbn=978-90-04-25456-5 |location=Leiden, The Netherlands |pages=65 |chapter=Azerbaijan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YoIbBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&dq=Azerbaijan+Sunni+35&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLtsev-NL8AhVI03MBHTA4DoUQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Azerbaijan%20Sunni%2035&f=false |title=Whitaker's Shorts 2015: International |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2014 |isbn=9781472914842 |access-date=2023-01-22 |archive-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119065247/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YoIbBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&dq=Azerbaijan+Sunni+35&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLtsev-NL8AhVI03MBHTA4DoUQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Azerbaijan%20Sunni%2035&f=false |dead-url=no }}</ref> Keyakinan lain dipraktikkan oleh berbagai kelompok etnis di negara itu. Berdasarkan pasal 48 [[Konstitusi Azerbaijan|Konstitusinya]], Azerbaijan adalah [[negara sekuler]] dan menjamin kebebasan beragama. Dalam jajak pendapat [[Gallup]] 2006–2008, hanya 21% responden dari Azerbaijan menyatakan bahwa agama adalah bagian penting dari kehidupan sehari-hari mereka.<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx Gallup – What Alabamians and Iranians Have in Common] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723150253/http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx |date=2017-07-23 }} – data accessed on 19 August 2014</ref>

Dari minoritas agama bangsa, diperkirakan 280.000 orang Kristen (3,1%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://features.pewforum.org/global-christianity/map.php#/Azerbaijan,ALL|title=Global Christianity|date=1 December 2014|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-date=19 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719204928/http://features.pewforum.org/global-christianity/map.php#/Azerbaijan,ALL|url-status=dead}}</ref> sebagian besar adalah [[Gereja Ortodoks Rusia|Ortodoks Rusia]] dan [[Gereja Ortodoks Georgia|Georgia]], dan [[Gereja Apostolik Armenia|Apostolik Armenia]] (hampir semua orang Armenia yang tinggal di wilayah [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] yang memisahkan diri).<ref name="cia"/> Pada tahun 2003, ada 250 orang [[Gereja Katolik Roma|Katolik Roma]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Catholic Church in Azerbaijan |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/az.html |access-date=27 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429114809/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/az.html |archive-date=29 April 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Denominasi Kristen lainnya pada tahun 2002 termasuk [[Gereja Lutheran|Lutheran]], [[Gereja Baptis|Baptis]] dan [[Molokan]].<ref name="AZR">{{cite web | last = Corley | first = Felix | title = Azerbaijan: 125 religious groups re-registered | publisher = Keston News Service | date = 9 March 2002 | url = http://www.keston.org.uk/kns/2002/020409AZ.htm | access-date = 9 April 2002 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724052726/http://www.keston.org.uk/kns/2002/020409AZ.htm | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Ada juga komunitas kecil [[Protestanisme|Protestan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.day.az/society/85160.html|title=5,000 Azerbaijanis adopted Christianity|publisher=Day.az|date=7 July 2007|language=ru|access-date=30 January 2012|archive-date=2013-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528081919/http://news.day.az/society/85160.html|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://azeri.irib.ir/tehliller/item/148029-xristian-missioner-t%C9%99riq%C9%99tl%C9%99r-ar-da-aktivl%C9%99sir?tmpl=component&print=1|title=Christian Missionaries Becoming Active in Azerbaijan|publisher=Tehran Radio|date=19 June 2011|language=az|access-date=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219223500/http://azeri.irib.ir/tehliller/item/148029-xristian-missioner-t%C9%99riq%C9%99tl%C9%99r-ar-da-aktivl%C9%99sir?tmpl=component&print=1|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Azerbaijan juga memiliki populasi [[Orang Yahudi|Yahudi]] kuno dengan [[Yahudi Pegunungan|sejarah 2.000 tahun]]; diperkirakan 12.000 orang Yahudi tetap tinggal di Azerbaijan yang merupakan rumah bagi [[Qırmızı Qəsəbə|satu-satunya kota mayoritas Yahudi]] di luar [[Israel]] dan [[Amerika Serikat]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rothholz|first1=Peter|title=Jewish Life in Azerbaijan Embodies Muslim-Majority Nation's Culture of Tolerance|url=https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/54248/jewish-life-azerbaijan-embodies-muslim-majority-nations-culture-tolerance-jewish-world/|agency=[[Jewish News Syndicate]]|publisher=BreakingIsraelNews|date=20 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121165438/https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/54248/jewish-life-azerbaijan-embodies-muslim-majority-nations-culture-tolerance-jewish-world/|archive-date=21 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Baku gives land for Jewish cultural center, kosher restaurant|url=http://www.jta.org/2013/12/11/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/jews-in-azerbaijani-capital-to-get-first-kosher-restaurant|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=11 December 2013|access-date=2023-01-22|archive-date=2013-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213073912/http://www.jta.org/2013/12/11/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/jews-in-azerbaijani-capital-to-get-first-kosher-restaurant|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Allen-Ebrahimian|first1=Bethany|title=How I Accidentally Became a Lobbyist for Azerbaijan|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/01/how-i-accidentally-became-a-lobbyist-for-azerbaijan-human-rights-religion-israel/|magazine=Foreign Policy|access-date=2023-01-22|archive-date=2016-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402043227/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/01/how-i-accidentally-became-a-lobbyist-for-azerbaijan-human-rights-religion-israel/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sloame|first1=Joanna|title=Azerbaijan|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Azerbaijan.html|website=Jewish Virtual Library|publisher=American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise|access-date=2023-01-22|archive-date=2005-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113093458/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Azerbaijan.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Azerbaijan juga merupakan rumah bagi anggota komunitas [[Baháʼí]], [[Masyarakat Internasional Kesadaran Kresna|Hare Krishna]] dan [[Saksi-Saksi Yehuwa]], serta penganut komunitas agama lainnya.<ref name="AZR"/> Beberapa komunitas agama secara tidak resmi dibatasi dari [[Kebebasan beragama di Azerbaijan|kebebasan beragama]]. Sebuah laporan [[Departemen Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat|Departemen Luar Negeri AS]] tentang masalah ini menyebutkan penahanan anggota kelompok Muslim dan Kristen tertentu, dan banyak kelompok mengalami kesulitan mendaftar ke badan yang mengatur agama, [[Komite Negara Asosiasi Keagamaan Republik Azerbaijan]] (SCWRA).<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/192997.pdf Azerbaijan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122022839/https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/192997.pdf |date=2017-01-22 }}. state.gov</ref>

Komposisi etnis penduduk menurut sensus penduduk 2009: 91,6% Azerbaijan, 2,0% Lezgin, 1,4% Armenia (hampir semua orang Armenia tinggal di wilayah Nagorno-Karabakh yang memisahkan diri), 1,3% Rusia, 1,3% Talish, 0,6 % Avar, 0,4% Turki, 0,3% Tatar, 0,3% Tats, 0,2% Ukraina, 0,1% Tsakhur, 0,1% Georgia, 0,1% Yahudi, 0,1% Kurdi, 0,2% lainnya.<ref name="auto">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110034957/http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/demoqraphic/az/AP_/AZ_1.shtml The State Statistical Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic, The ethnic composition of the population according to the 2009 census.] azstat.org</ref>

Bahasa resmi adalah [[Bahasa Azeri|bahasa Azerbaijan]], yang merupakantermasuk [[rumpun bahasa TurkiTurkik]]. Bahasa Azerbaijan dituturkan oleh sekitar 92% populasi sebagai bahasa ibu.<ref name=UNLANGDATA>[http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a27%3bcountryCode%3a31%3brefYear%3a1999%2c2009%3bareaCode%3a0%3bsexCode%3a0&c=2,3,10,15,16&s=_countryEnglishNameOrderBy:asc,refYear:desc,areaCode:asc&v=1 Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123020533/http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode:27%3BcountryCode:31%3BrefYear:1999,2009%3BareaCode:0%3BsexCode:0&c=2,3,10,15,16&s=_countryEnglishNameOrderBy:asc,refYear:desc,areaCode:asc&v=1 |date=2023-01-23 }}, UN Data. Retrieved 27 August 2016.</ref> [[Bahasa Rusia]] dan [[Bahasa Armenia|Armenia]] (hanya di Nagorno-Karabakh) juga digunakan, dan masing-masing merupakan bahasa ibu dari sekitar 1,5% populasi.<ref name=UNLANGDATA/> Ada selusin bahasa minoritas lainnya yang digunakan secara asli di negara ini.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AZ |title=Ethnologue report for Azerbaijan |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |access-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218031424/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AZ |archive-date=18 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bahasa Avar|Avar]], [[Bahasa Budukh|Budukh]], Georgian[[Bahasa Georgia|Georgia]], [[Bahasa Persia Tat Yahudi|Juhuri]], [[Bahasa Khinalug|Khinalug]], [[Bahasa Krits|Kryts]], [[Bahasa Lezgia|Lezgin]], [[Bahasa Rutul|Rutul]], [[Bahasa Talish|Talish]], [[Bahasa Persia Tat|Tat]], [[Bahasa Tsakhur|Tsakhur]], dan [[Bahasa Udi|Udi]] semuanya diucapkan oleh minoritas kecil.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages">{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/chris.html|title=Endangered languages in Europe and North Asia|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-date=2017-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124100509/http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/chris.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Beberapa komunitas bahasa ini sangat kecil dan jumlahnya terus berkurang.<ref>Clifton, John M., editor. 2002 (vol. 1), 2003 (vol. 2). ''Studies in languages of Azerbaijan''. Baku, Azerbaijan and Saint Petersburg, Russia: Institute of International Relations, Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and North Eurasian Group, SIL International.</ref> Bahasa Armenia adalah bahasa mayoritas di Nagorno-Karabakh dengan sekitar 76% pada tahun 1989.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Donald E. |authorlink=Donald E. Miller |first2= Lorna Touryan |last2=Miller |date=2003 |title=Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope |url=https://archive.org/details/armeniaportraits0000mill |location=[[Berkeley, California]] |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/armeniaportraits0000mill/page/7 7] |isbn=978-0-520-23492-5}}</ref> Setelah [[Perang Nagorno-Karabakh|perang Nagorno-Karabakh pertama]], populasi hampir seluruhnya adalah orang Armenia, sekitar 95%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nkrusa.org/country_profile/overview.shtml |title=Nagorno Karabakh Republic – Country Overview |publisher=Nkrusa.org |access-date=6 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419102410/http://www.nkrusa.org/country_profile/overview.shtml |archive-date=19 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>