Zazaki facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Zazaki |
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| Native to | Turkey |
| Region | Main in Tunceli, Bingol, Erzincan, Sivas, Elazig, Malatya Gümüşhane Province, Şanlıurfa Province, and Adıyaman Province, diasporic in Mutki, Sarız, Aksaray, and Taraz |
| Ethnicity | Zaza |
| Native speakers | About 1.5–2.5 million in Turkey, unknown numbers elsewhere (date missing) |
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Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAA-ba |
The regions where Zazaki is spoken in Turkey. (With three main dialect areas; Dersim, Palu-Bingol, and Siverek), diasporic in Kars, Sarız, Aksaray, and Taraz
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Zazaki is an Indo-European language spoken in eastern Anatolia above the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. It belongs to the northwest-Iranian group of Iranian language. The Zaza language is related to Sangsarī, Māzandarānī, Tātī (Herzendī), Semnānī, Tāleshī, Kurdish, Persian and Balōchi. The number of Zaza speakers is not known wxactly.
Zaza is also a name that appears [1] in the Bible, meaning "belonging to all" or "plenty". [2]
Images for kids
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Family tree of Iranian languages
See also
In Spanish: Zazaki para niños
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