Zazaki
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Zazaki is an Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey, often associated with the Zaza people and considered one of the main Kurdish-related dialects or languages.
Aliases (4)
- Zazaki language ×2
- Central Zazaki ×1
- Northern Zazaki ×1
- Southern Zazaki ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Iranian language
→
Iranian language → Northwestern Iranian language → language → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gorani language
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Dimlî
→
Kirdkî → Zaza → |
| hasDialect |
Central Zazaki
→
Northern Zazaki → Southern Zazaki → |
| hasEndangermentStatus |
vulnerable or endangered language
→
|
| hasEthnicAssociation |
Zaza people
→
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case system
→
ergative alignment (partially) → postpositions → rich verbal morphology → two grammatical genders → |
| hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn |
Turkey
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
vowel harmony (partial)
→
|
| hasScriptHistory |
Arabic script (historically)
→
Latin script (modern standard) → |
| ISO639-3Code |
zza
→
|
| isSometimesClassifiedAs |
Kurdish dialect
→
separate language from Kurdish → |
| isSpokenNear |
Kurdish-speaking regions
→
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European
→
Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Northwestern Iranian → |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Kurmanji Kurdish (to a large extent)
→
Sorani Kurdish (to a large extent) → |
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
→
|
| region |
Bingöl Province
→
Diyarbakır Province → Eastern Anatolia → Elazığ Province → Erzincan Province → Sivas Province → Tunceli Province → |
| spokenBy |
Zaza people
→
|
| spokenIn |
Eastern Turkey
→
Turkey → |
| subclassOf |
Western Iranian language
→
|
| usedBy |
Zaza diaspora communities in Europe
→
|
| usedIn |
local media in eastern Turkey
→
oral literature of Zaza people → |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
→
|
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Kurdish language
→
Zazaki ("Northern Zazaki") → Zazaki ("Central Zazaki") → Zazaki ("Southern Zazaki") → |
hasDialect |
|
Balochi
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Kurdistan
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Iranian languages
("Zazaki language")
→
|
hasMajorLanguage |
|
Northwestern Iranian languages
("Zazaki language")
→
|
hasMajorSubgroup |
|
Kurds
→
|
majorDialect |