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.