Orthoepic norms are a speech requirement of all native speakers

Abstract

Orthoepic norms are also called literary pronunciation norms, because they serve the literary language, that is, the language spoken and written by cultured people. Literary language unites all speakers of Azerbaijani language, literary language is necessary to eliminate language differences between them. This means that it must have strict norms: not only lexical - norms of word usage, not only grammatical, but also orthoepic norms. Pronunciation differences, like other language differences, interfere with people's communication, shifting their focus from what is said to how it is said.