Zazaki Zazaki, Dimili, Kirmanjki, Dimli, Dimilki, So-Bê, Zonê Ma
Spoken in:	Turkey, Germany, Georgia, Kazakhstan
Region:	Eastern Turkey (Bingöl, Elazığ, Tunceli, Diyarbakır, Erzincan, Erzurum, Muş, Sivas, Gümüşhane, Şanlıurfa, and Adıyaman), diasporic in Mutki, Sarız, Aksaray, Batum, and Taraz
Total speakers:	About 1.5 - 2.5 million [1] [2] in Turkey, unknown numbers elsewhere
Language family:	Indo-European  Indo-Iranian   Iranian    Western     Northwestern      Zaza-Gorani       Zazaki
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	zza
ISO 639-3:	variously: zza — Zazaki (generic) diq — Dimli (Southern Zazaki) kiu — Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki)
The regions where Zazaki is spoken in Turkey. (With three main dialect areas)
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Zazaki (Zazaish) is a language spoken by Zazas in eastern Anatolia (Turkey). According to Ethnologue, the Zazaki language is a part of the northwestern group of the Iranian section of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.^[1]. Zazaki shares many features, structures, and vocabulary with Gilaki language, spoken in northern Iran, along the Caspian coast. According to Ethnologue (which cites [Paul 1998]^[2]), the number of Zazaki speakers is between 1.5 and 2.5 million (including all dialects). Bingöl Province is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. ... Location of Elazığ Province Elazığ Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of Elazığ. This province is also the source of the Euphrates river. ... Tunceli (Zazaki: Dêsim, Kurdish: ) is a province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. ... shows the Location of the Province Diyarbakır Diyarbakır is a province in eastern Turkey. ... 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Zazaki dialects and regional variants

There are three main Zazaki dialects:

• Northern Zazaki ^[3]: It is spoken in Tunceli, Erzincan, Erzurum, Sivas, Gumushane, Mus (Varto), Kayseri (Sariz) provinces.

Its sub-dialects are: Tunceli (Formerly Kalan; Zazaish and Kurdish: Dêrsîm) is the provincial capital of Tunceli Province in Turkey. ... Erzincan (also Erzingan or Erzinjan, Երզնկա (Erznka) in Armenian) is the capital of Erzincan Province in the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. ... Theodosiopolis redirects here; it is also a name of the ancient city of Apros, Thrace. ... Sivas is the provincial capital of Sivas Province in Turkey. ...

• West-Dersim
• East-Dersim
• Varto
• Border dialects like Sarız, Koçgiri (Giniyan-idiom)

• Central Zazaki: It is spoken in Elazığ, Bingöl, Solhan, Girvas and Diyarbakır provinces.

Its sub-dialects are: Elazığ is a city in the Elazığ Province of eastern Turkey and the seat of the province. ... shows the Location of the Province Bingöl Bingöl(hazargol) (Turkish for: a thousand lakes) is a town in the Anatolia region of Kurdistan. ...

• Bingol
• Palu
• Border dialects like Hani, Kulp, Lice, Ergani, Piran

• Southern Zazaki ^[4]: It is spoken Şanlıurfa (Siverek), Diyarbakır (Cermik, Egil), Adiyaman, Malatya provinces.

Its sub-dialects are: Shows the location of the province and city of Şanlıurfa. ... Diyarbakır (Ottoman Turkish: دیاربکر land of the Bekr as derived from Persian; Kurdish Amed; Syriac ; Greek Amida; Armenian Ամիդ Amid) is a major city in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. ... Adıyaman is a city in Turkey, capital of the Adıyaman Province. ... Malatia can also be a misspelling of the medical term Malacia. ...

• Siverek
• Cermik, Gerger
• Border dialects like Mutki and Aksaray

Zazaki literature and broadcast programs

The first written statements in the Zazaki language were compiled by the linguist Peter Lerch in 1850. Two other important documents are the religious writings (Mewlıd) of Ehmedê Xasi of 1899, and of Usman Efendiyo Babıc (published in Damascus in 1933); both of these works were written in the Arabic alphabet. Linguistics is the scientific study of language, which can be theoretical or applied. ... Nickname: The Seal of the Damascus Governorate Syria Syria Governorates Damascus Governorate Government  - Governor Bishr Al Sabban Area  - City 573 km²  (221. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. ...

The use of the Latin alphabet to write Zazaki became popular only in the diaspora in Sweden, France and Germany at the beginning of the 1980s. This was followed by the publication of magazines and books in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul. The efforts of Zaza intellectuals to advance the comprehensibility of their native language by alphabetizing were not fruitless: the number of publications in Zaza has multiplied. The rediscovery of the native culture by Zaza intellectuals not only caused a renaissance of Zaza language and culture, it also triggered feelings among younger generations of Zazas (who, however, rarely speak Zaza as a mother tongue) in favor of this modern Western use of the Zaza language, rekindling their interest in their ancestral language. The diaspora, has also generated a limited amount of Zaza-language broadcasting. Moreover, after restrictions were removed on local languages in Turkey during their move toward accession to the European Union, the state-owned TRT television lanched a Zazaki TV program and a radio program on Fridays. The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... [1]#redirect Book ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... The term Western world, the West or the Occident (Latin occidens -sunset, -west, as distinct from the Orient) [1] can have multiple meanings dependent on its context (e. ... TRT Headquarters in Ankara TRT, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu), was founded in 1964, it is the national public broadcaster of Turkey. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ...

Controversy over classification

As with many other languages in the region, the exact positioning of Zazaki in terms of language families is controversial; it parallels a similar controversy about the relationship of the various ethnic groups and is politically fraught. Ethnologue favors the following hierarchy: ^[5] Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ...

• Northwestern Iranian languages
  • Kurdish language
    • Kurmanji language
    • other sublanguages/dialects of Kurdish
  • Zaza-Gorani language group
    • Dimli/Zazaki
    • Gorani
  • Caspian Languages
    • Mazandarani
    • Gilaki

The US State Department "Background Note" lists the Zazaki language as one of the major languages of Turkey, along with Turkish (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Greek, and Arabic. ^[6]. Despite the Ethnologue's classification, Kurdish Academy, which describes itself an "electronic non-governmental organization (e-NGO), lists Zazaki as a dialect of Kurdish language ^[7]. Encyclopedia Britannica notes Zazaki to be a dialect of Kurdish. ^[8]However, this classification is not supported by linguistics and regarded as political rather than scientific. ^[9] The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... The Kurdish languages or Kurdish dialects, belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, are spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran (Persia), Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Gorani, sometimes also called Hewrami, is a dialect of Kurdish. ... Mazandarani or Tabari is an ancient Iranian language of the northwestern branch. ... Gilaki or Guilaki (گیلکی) is one of the North-western Iranian languages spoken in Irans Gilan province. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... “Arabic” redirects here. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt — look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelled with æ, the ae-ligature) was first published in 1768–1771 as The Britannica was an important early English-language general encyclopedia and is still...

Linguists connect the word Dimli with the Daylamites in the Alborz Mountains near the shores of Caspian Sea in Iran and believe that the Zaza have immigrated from Deylaman towards the west. Zazaki shows many connections the Iranian dialects of the Caspian region, especially Gilaki language. Alborz Mountains Mount Damavand, Irans tallest mountain is located in Alborz mountain range. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the worlds largest lake or a full-fledged sea. ... Zaza may refer to: The Zaza people, an ethnic group in Eastern Anatolia (Southeastern Turkey). ... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family. ... ...

The Zazaki language shows similarities with (Hewrami or Gorani), Shabaki and Bajelani. Gorani, Bajelani, and Shabaki languages are spoken around Iran-Iraq border; however, it is believed that they are also immigrated from Northern Iran to their present homelands. These languages are sometimes put together in the Zaza-Gorani language group, but also Goran-Zazaistan by those who want emphasize their distinctness from the Kurds. Gorani could be the name of: Gorani, (a. ... Gorani could be the name of: Gorani, (a. ... Shabaki is a Gorani dialect. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Some linguistic studies on Zazaki (Zazaish)

• Paul, Ludwig. (1998) "The Position of Zazaki Among West Iranian languages" University of Hamburg,[3].
• Lynn Todd, Terry. (1985) "A Grammar of Dimili" University of Michigan,[4].
• Gippert, Jost. (1996) "Historical Development of Zazaki" University of Frankfurt University,[5].
• Gajewski, Jon. (2003) "Evidentiality in Zazaki" Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[6].
• Gajewski, Jon. (2004) "Zazaki Notes" Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[7].
• Larson, Richard. and Yamakido, Hiroko. (2006) "Zazaki as Double Case-Marking" Stony Brook University and University of Arizona,[8].
• Iremet, Faruk. (1996) "The difference between Zaza, Kurdish and Turkish" Stockholm, Sweden,[9].

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Notes

References

• Bozdağ, Cem and Üngör, Uğur. Zazas and Zazaki. (Zazaki Literature.)

• Blau, Gurani et Zaza in R. Schmitt, ed., Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden, 1989, ISBN 3-88226-413-6, pp. 336-40 (About Daylamite origin of Zaza-Guranis)

See also

• Iranian Languages vocabulary comparison table

External links

Zazaki edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Dimli (on the Ethnologue site)
• Kirmanjki (on the Ethnologue site)
• Academic Research Center of Zazaki - (In several languages, including English)
• Zaza Language & Culture (In Zazaki, Turkish, English, and German)
• ZazaPress (In Zazaki, Turkish, English and Swedish)
• Iremet Publishing (In Zazaki, Turkish and Swedish)
• Zazaki Language Institute (In German, Zazaki, and Turkish)
• Ethnic Differentiation among the Kurds: Kurmancî, Kizilbash and Zaza
• MIT OpenCourseWare online course in Zazaki
• A Zazaki Radio: Miraz FM
• Zazaish Online Community
• Online Zazaki Grammer (in English)

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