Shabaki language

Shabaki
Shabaki
شەبەکی
Native to	Iraq
Region	Mosul
Ethnicity	Shabaks
Native speakers	250,000 (2018)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern I Zaza–Gorani Gorani Shabaki; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sdb
Glottolog	shab1251

Shabaki is an Indo-Iranian language and belongs to the subgroup Zaza-Gorani^{[note 1]} of the Northwestern Iranian languages. The Shabaki language is spoken by the Shabak people^[6]^[7] in the Mosul region of northern Iraq. It is a subdialect of the Kurdish dialect Gorani.^[8]^[9]^[10] alongside Hewrami, Sarli, and Bajalan. It also been influenced by Arabic, Turkish and Persian language.^[5]^[11] The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.^[12] Currently, the number of native speakers of Shabaki is estimated at 250,000.^[13] As Shabaki is one of the Zaza–Gorani languages, it is most similar to other Dialects of Gorani; Hewrami Bajelani, Sarli. and to Zazaki.

^ Shabaki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ ^a ^b "Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
^ ^a ^b Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110196313.
^ Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN 9781480834033.
^ ^a ^b Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.
^ Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.
^ Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire
^ Löwer, Hans-Joachim (2015-02-16). Die Stunde der Kurden: Wie sie den Nahen Osten verändern (in German). Styriabooks. ISBN 9783990403549.
^ "Kurdland - Your gateway to Kurdistan". Kurdland. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
^ Shoukat, Ahmad. "Al-Shabak Al-Kurd Al-Mansiyoun". Ministry of Culture Printing Press. Sulaymaniyah: 48.
^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
^ Ethnologue about Shabaki
^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

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[e27-1] Shabaki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[:0-2] "Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.

[:1-3] Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110196313.

[4] Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN 9781480834033.

[:2-5] Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.

[7] Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.

[8] Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire

[9] Löwer, Hans-Joachim (2015-02-16). Die Stunde der Kurden: Wie sie den Nahen Osten verändern (in German). Styriabooks. ISBN 9783990403549.

[10] "Kurdland - Your gateway to Kurdistan". Kurdland. Retrieved 2025-02-02.

[11] Shoukat, Ahmad. "Al-Shabak Al-Kurd Al-Mansiyoun". Ministry of Culture Printing Press. Sulaymaniyah: 48.

[12] "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-22.

[Ethnologue-13] Ethnologue about Shabaki

[14] "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

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