Central Zazaki
| Zazakiyê Merkezi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Turkey |
| Region | Elazığ, Bingöl northern parts of Diyarbakır |
| Ethnicity | Zaza |
Native speakers | (1,500,000 [1] cited 1998)[2] |
Indo-European
| |
| 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 Zazaki: Zazakiyê Merkezi or simply Zazaki) is one of dialects of the Zazaki language. Central Zazaki is predominantly spoken by over 1 million people in the eastern provinces of Turkey such as Elazığ, all Bingöl and northern parts of Diyarbakır province.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Zazaki, Central". Ethnologue.
- ^ Zazakiyê Merkezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Joshua Project. "Language - Zazaki, Merkezi:: Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net.
- ^ http://www.zazaki.de/turkce/makaleler/zazacauzerinenotlar.pdf