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Zaza language

Zaza (endonym: Zazakî, Dimlî, Dimilkî, Kirmanckî, Kirdkî, Zonê ma, lit. 'Our language'), also known by its endonym Zazaki, is an Iranic language or group of languages belonging to the Northwestern Iranian branch and spoken in various regions of Turkey by the Zaza people. The language comprises three primary varieties; northern, southern, and central and…

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Dialects
Southern Zaza Sivereki Kori Motki Dumbuli Hazzu Northern Zaza Tunceli Varto Eastern/Central Zaza Palu Bingöl Elazığ
ELP
Dimli
Ethnicity
Zazas
Glottolog
zaza1246 Zaza
ISO 639-2
zza
ISO 639-3
zza – inclusive code Individual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zaza) diq – Dimli (Southern Zaza)

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Zaza language

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Avg. degree1.99
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Zaza language

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related to Works cited · 199
Zaza language → About Daylamite, African Studies, Albuquerque, Alireza, Also Known, April, Archived, Arslan, Asatrian, AZEEBAIJAN, Berlin, Bilingualism, Bingöl, Blau, Borjian, Brigitte, Bulletin, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Caspian Languages
related to Further reading · 88
Zaza language → Aratemür, Berlin, Bildung, Boston, Brigitte Werner, Brill, Buşra, BİNGÖL, Daniele Guizzo, De Gruyter, Dialektologie, Eberhard, Eberhard Werner, English, Etnofavolistica, Ewro Istanıkê Zazayan, Fiabe, Folklore, Folktale Tradition, German
related to Post-Republic Zaza literature · 64
Zaza language → Abdulkadir Arslan, Among, Amongst, Another, Ateş Hırsızı, Ayre, Bezuvar, Cuma, Desmala Sure, During, Ebubekir Pamukçu, Ermin, Europe, Europe-centered, European, Following, In, Işkın, Kamil Pueği, Kormışkan
related to Classification · 56
Zaza language → According, Adharic, Azeri, Balochi, Belgian, Bingöl, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Commissioned, Encyclopædia Iranica, Ethnologue, German, Gilaki, Gippert, Gorani, Gurani, Harzandi, He, His, However
related to Ottoman period · 46
Zaza language → About, Ahmed, Alevi, Ali, Allah, Another, Apart, Arabic, Beg, Birth, Biyişa Pexemberi, Dr, Eastern Anatolia, Friedrich Müller, Hassi, Hijri, Humphry Sandwith, III, Islamic, It
related to Grammar · 32
Zaza language → Azerbaijani, Bactrian, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caspian/Central, Gilaki, Harzandi, Henning, In, Iran, Iranian, Kurdish, Linguist, Mazandarani, Mazanderani, Northwestern Iranian, Old Azeri, Old Iranian, Overall, Parthian
related to Northern Zaza · 23
Zaza language → Alevis, Aşkale, Dersim, Erzincan, Glottolog, Hozat, Hınıs, It, Kelkit, Kemah, Kirmancki/Kirmanjki, Kurmanji, Nazimiye, Northern Zaza, Ovacık, Pülümür, Tekman, Tercan, The, Tunceli
related to The Arabic-based Zaza alphabet · 23
Zaza language → Ahmed, Another Mawlid, Arabic, Even, Following, Hassi, Karl Hadank, Mawlid, Mundarten, Nesih, Osman Esad Efendi, Ottoman, Ottoman Turkish, Ottoman-Zaza, Persian, Sultan Efendi, The, The Arabic, The Arabic-based Zaza, The Zaza
related to Latin alphabet · 19
Zaza language → After, American, An, Another, Another Zaza, Arabic-based Zaza, Bedirxan, Frankfurt, However, Jacabson, Jacobson, Latin, Munzur University, Republic, The Zaza, Zaza, Zaza Language Institute, Zazas, Zülfü Selcan
related to Kinship markers · 17
Zaza language → Additionally, Balochi, In Southern Zaza, In Zaza, Iranian, Kahangi, Kurmanji, Morphologically, Old Iranian, Semnani, Similar, Siverek, Syntactically, Talysh, Tati, Vafsi, Zaza

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zaza language languages iranian tati semnani talysh dialects kurdish also zazaki southern northern persian written turkey central published old two

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Zaza languageDialectsSouthern Zaza Sivereki Kori Motki Dumbuli Hazzu Northern Zaza Tunceli Varto Eastern/Central Zaza Palu Bingöl Elazığ1.00infobox
Zaza languageELPDimli1.00infobox
Zaza languageEthnicityZazas1.00infobox
Zaza languageGlottologzaza1246 Zaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageISO 639-2zza1.00infobox
Zaza languageISO 639-3zza – inclusive code Individual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zaza) diq – Dimli (Southern Zaza)1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyIndo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwesternAdharic/Zaza–GoraniZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyIranianWesternNorthwesternAdharic/Zaza–GoraniZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyWesternNorthwesternAdharic/Zaza–GoraniZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyNorthwesternAdharic/Zaza–GoraniZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyAdharic/Zaza–GoraniZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLanguage familyZaza1.00infobox
Zaza languageLinguasphere58-AAA-ba1.00infobox
Zaza languageNative speakers4.5 million (2025)1.00infobox
Zaza languageNative toTurkey1.00infobox
Zaza languagePronunciation.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-…1.00infobox
Zaza languageRegionParts of Anatolia (primarily in Eastern Anatolia) and Zaza diaspora in Europe (primarily in Germany)1.00infobox
Zaza languageWriting systemLatin script1.00infobox
Zaza languageis aNorthwestern Iranian language in its own right among the Northwestern Iranian languages and it is linguistically close to Tati and its dialects0.90text

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