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Central Zazaki

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Zazakiyê Merkezi
Native toTurkey
RegionElazığ, Bingöl northern parts of Diyarbakır
EthnicityZaza
Native speakers
(1,500,000 [1] cited 1998)[2]
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-2diq
ISO 639-3zza – inclusive code
Individual codes:
kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki)
diq – Dimli (Southern Zazaki)
Glottologzaza1246
Linguasphere58-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

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  1. "Zazaki, Central". Ethnologue.
  2. Zazakiyê Merkezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)