Central Zazaki
Appearance
Zazakiyê Merkezi | |
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Native to | Turkey |
Region | Elazığ, Bingöl northern parts of Diyarbakır |
Ethnicity | Zaza |
Native speakers | (1,500,000 [1] cited 1998)[2] |
Indo-European
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Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | diq |
ISO 639-3 | zza – inclusive codeIndividual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki)diq – Dimli (Southern Zazaki) |
Glottolog | zaza1246 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAA-ba |
Central Zazaki (in Zaza language: Zazakiyê Merkezi or Zazakiyê Miyani; means Middle Zazaki) is one of three main dialects of the Zazaki language. This is spoken by the Zaza people in central parts of Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Central Zazaki is spoken by over 1 million people in the eastern cities of Turkey, such as Elazığ, north of Diyarbakır, west of Bingöl and east of Malatya.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Zazaki, Central". Ethnologue.
- ↑ Zazakiyê Merkezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)