Zaza Kirmanc Dimili 

About Zazaki Kirmancki Dimilki Language.  


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DIMLI (DIMILKI, ZAZAKI, SOUTHERN ZAZA, ZÂZÂ) 
 
 
1,000,000 in all countries (1992). East central, mainly in Elazig, Bingol, and Diyarbakir provinces, upper courses of the Euphrates, Kizilirmaq, andMurat rivers. Some in Germany. Indo-European, 

Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Zaza-Gorani. Dialects: SIVEREKI, KORI, HAZZU (HAZO), MOTKI (MOTI), SHABAK,DUMBULI. Several dialects. Closest to Hawrami. The speakers are called 'Zaza', and the language 'Zazaki'. 'Dimli' is used for both speakers and language. Not a Kurdish language. Not intelligible with Kurmanji. Speakers from the southeast know some Kurmanji, but others do not. Some in Germany are publishing a magazine. Mountain slope, plains. Agriculturalists, pastoralists: sheep, goats, cattle. Sunni Muslim. 

 
 

 
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