Zaza
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Zaza is an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Turkey, known for speaking the Zazaki language and maintaining distinct cultural traditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zaza canonical | 9 |
| Northern Zaza | 1 |
| Zazas | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dimli
ⓘ
Kird ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalElement |
folk music
ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ tribal social structures ⓘ |
| culturalPreservationEffort |
Zazaki-language education courses
ⓘ
Zazaki-language media ⓘ Zazaki-language publications ⓘ |
| culturalTraditions | distinct from neighboring Kurdish and Turkish populations ⓘ |
| diaspora |
Germany
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western Europe ⓘ |
| educationLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Iranian ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Bingöl Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Bingöl
Dersim ⓘ Diyarbakır ⓘ Elazığ ⓘ Erzincan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Erzincan
|
| language | Zazaki ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation |
related to Kurdish
ⓘ
related to other Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticStatus | endangered language community ⓘ |
| minorityStatus | ethnic minority in Turkey ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Zazaki ⓘ |
| politicalIssues | debates over classification as Kurds or distinct people ⓘ |
| populationTrend |
language shift toward Turkish
ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | eastern Turkey ⓘ |
| recognizedAsMinority | no ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Turkey ⓘ |
| region |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sea Region of Turkey
Eastern Anatolia ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Anatolia
|
| religion |
Alevism
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousCenter | Dersim region for Alevi Zazas ⓘ |
| religiousMajority |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Muslims
|
| religiousMinority |
Alevism
ⓘ
surface form:
Alevi Muslims
|
| selfIdentification | Zaza self-link ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form:
Zazas
this entity surface form:
Northern Zaza