Dimili

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Dimili is an alternative ethnonym historically used to refer to the Zaza people, an ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Anatolia in modern-day Turkey.

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Dimilis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnonym
alternativeNameFor Zaza people NERFINISHED
associatedGroupMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Turkey GENERATED
associatedWithLanguage Zaza language NERFINISHED
associatedWithMigration Zaza diaspora in Europe
associatedWithReligion Alevi Islam NERFINISHED
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
continentContext Asia NERFINISHED
countryAssociatedWith Turkey NERFINISHED
culturalSphere Anatolian highlands NERFINISHED
Kurdish-influenced cultural area
demographicType ethnic designation
ethnicCategory Iranian ethnic group
ethnonymFor Zaza people NERFINISHED
geopoliticalContext Anatolia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeEthnonym Dimili Kurds NERFINISHED
Zaza NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveIdentity Zaza identity
historicalUsage historically used as an ethnonym
identityDebate part of debates on whether Zazas are Kurds
isEndonymOrExonym primarily exonym
languageContext Turkish context
linguisticFamilyOfAssociatedGroup Northwestern Iranian languages
modernStatus less common than ethnonym Zaza
nameEtymologyStatus disputed
notCommonlyUsedAs official designation in modern Turkey
politicalSensitivity ethnic identity term in Turkey
populationCenterRegion Adıyaman Province NERFINISHED
Bingöl Province NERFINISHED
Diyarbakır Province NERFINISHED
Elazığ Province NERFINISHED
Erzincan Province NERFINISHED
Erzurum Province NERFINISHED
Sivas Province NERFINISHED
Tunceli Province NERFINISHED
Şanlıurfa Province NERFINISHED
refersTo Zaza people NERFINISHED
regionAssociatedWith eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Zaza people NERFINISHED
scriptUsedForName Arabic script NERFINISHED
Latin script
sometimesConfusedWith Kurdish ethnonyms
usagePeriod historical
usedBy Ottoman-era sources
neighboring Kurdish populations
some Turkish sources
usedIn eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
modern-day Turkey NERFINISHED
usedToReferTo Zaza people NERFINISHED

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Zaza people ethnonym Dimili
Zaza people ethnonym Dimili
this entity surface form: Dimilis