Northern Zazaki

Zazakiyê Zımey
Zazakiyê Zımey
Native to	Turkey
Region	Main in Tunceli, southern parts of Erzincan and eastern parts of Sivas
Ethnicity	Zaza
Native speakers	(140,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Zazaki language Zazakiyê Zımey; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-2	zza
ISO 639-3	zza – inclusive code; Individual codes:; kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki); diq – Dimli (Southern Zazaki)
Glottolog	zaza1246
Linguasphere	58-AAA-ba

Northern Zazaki (in Zaza langauge known as: Zazakiyê Zımey, Kırmancki or Zonê Ma) is one of main dialects of the Zaza language. This dialect is spoken in eastern provinces of Republic of Turkey. This includes Tunceli (mainly), Erzincan, Sivas, Erzurum and some places in Gümüşhane. Northern Zazaki is spoken by more than 140,000 people in places where northern Zazas living.^[3]

References

↑ "Zazaki, Northern". Ethnologue.
↑ Zazakiyê Zımey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Joshua Project. "Language - Zazaki, Northern :: Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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[1] "Zazaki, Northern". Ethnologue.

[e18-2] Zazakiyê Zımey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[3] Joshua Project. "Language - Zazaki, Northern :: Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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