Zaza | |
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Zonê ma | |
Native to | Turkey |
Region | Eastern Anatolia, Kurdish diaspora, Kurdistan |
Native speakers | 1.5 million (2019)[1] |
Dialects |
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Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | zza |
ISO 639-3 | zza – inclusive codeIndividual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zaza)diq – Dimli (Southern Zaza) |
Glottolog | zaza1246 |
ELP | Dimli |
Linguasphere | 58-AAA-ba |
Zaza (endonym: Zazakî, Dimlî, Dimilkî, Kirmanckî, Kirdkî, or Zonê ma, lit. 'Our language')[4][5] is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas, who are mostly considered as Kurds, and in many cases identify as such.[6][7][8] The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language group of the northwestern group of the Iranian branch. The glossonym Zaza originated as a pejorative.[9] According to Ethnologue, Zaza is spoken by around 1.48 million people, and the language is considered threatened due to a declining number of speakers, with many shifting to Turkish.[1] Nevins, however, puts the number of Zaza speakers between two and three million.[10]
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