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| Zaza | |
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| Native to | Anatolia |
| Region | Main in Tunceli, Bingöl, Erzincan, Sivas, Elazığ, Erzurum, Malatya Gümüşhane Province, Şanlıurfa Province, and Varto, Adıyaman Province; diasporic in Mutki, Sarız, Aksaray, and Taraz |
| Ethnicity | Zaza |
| Native speakers | 1.6 million (1998)e18 |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | zza |
| ISO 639-3 | zza – inclusive code Individual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zaza) diq – Dimli (Southern Zaza) |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAA-ba |
Zaza language, also called Zazaki, Kirmanjki and Dimli, is an Iranian language mainly spoken in eastern Turkey by the Zazas. It belongs to the northwest-Iranian group of Iranic languages. The Zaza language is related to Sangsarī, Māzandarānī, Tātī (Herzendī), Semnānī, Tāleshī, Kurdish, Persian and Balōchi. The number of Zaza speakers is not known exactly. Many people consider the Zaza language to be a dialect of Kurdish. But it has been shown that Zaza has is more similar to other Iranic languages such as Mazandarani than to Kurdish. view more...
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