Zaza people

E217221

Indo-European peoples ethnic group

The Zaza people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Turkey, known for their distinct Zazaki language and cultural traditions separate from neighboring Kurdish and Turkish populations.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Zaza people canonical	4

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Turkey ⓘ
culturalTrait	distinct Zazaki language ⓘ distinct folk music traditions ⓘ distinct oral literature ⓘ distinct religious practices among Alevis ⓘ traditional tribal social structures ⓘ
diaspora	Austria ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnonym	Dimili ⓘ Dimili ⓘ surface form: Dimilis Kird ⓘ Zaza ⓘ
historicalRegion	Tunceli Province ⓘ surface form: Dersim region
language	Zazaki ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus	Zazaki considered by many linguists a separate Northwestern Iranian language ⓘ
notableCityPresence	Bingöl Province ⓘ surface form: Bingöl Tunceli Province ⓘ surface form: Dersim (Tunceli) Diyarbakır ⓘ Elazığ ⓘ Erzincan Province ⓘ surface form: Erzincan
populationEstimate	several million in Turkey (various estimates) ⓘ
primaryCountry	Turkey ⓘ
primaryRegion	Eastern Anatolia ⓘ eastern Turkey ⓘ surface form: Eastern Turkey
recognizedAsMinorityLanguage	Zazaki in Turkey (limited and contested) ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Gorani people ⓘ Iranian peoples ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Lurs ⓘ Persians ⓘ Talysh ⓘ surface form: Talysh people
religion	Alevism ⓘ surface form: Alevi Islam Alevism ⓘ Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam Sunni Islam – Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi‘i Sunni Islam Sunni Islam ⓘ Yazidism ⓘ
scriptUsedForLanguage	Latin script ⓘ
selfIdentificationDebate	some identify as Kurds ⓘ some identify as a distinct people ⓘ
significantRegion	Adıyaman Province ⓘ Bingöl Province ⓘ Diyarbakır Province ⓘ Elazığ Province ⓘ Erzincan Province ⓘ Erzurum Province ⓘ Malatya Province ⓘ Sivas Province ⓘ Tunceli Province ⓘ Şanlıurfa Province ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zazaki → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ

Zazaki → hasEthnicAssociation → Zaza people ⓘ

Dimlî → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ

Erzincan Province → hasPopulationGroup → Zaza people ⓘ