7. Old Azeri Language
Extinct: 17th Century
We are continuing our list of extinct languages in India and Asia with Old Azeri, also known as simply Azeri that is one of the languages that were spoken in the Iranian part of Azerbaijan. The language belongs to the family of Indo-European group of language, and is actually the part of Indo-Iranian languages. The language was officially spoken in this area until the 17th century, but centuries before that it started slowly being replaced with Azerbaijani, being a Turkic language which is even now spoken there. The language is considered to be similar to Talysh and Tati languages, which are even today spoken in the northwestern region of Iran.
