Shabaki language
Appearance
Shabaki | |
---|---|
شەبەکی | |
Native to | Iraq |
Region | Mosul |
Native speakers | (10,000–20,000 cited 1989)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sdb |
Glottolog | shab1251 |
Shabaki is a dialect of the Indo-Iranian language Gorani[2][failed verification] spoken by the Shabak people[3][4][5] in Mosul, Iraq. The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.[2][6]
As Shabaki is one of the Zaza–Gorani languages, it is most similar to languages like Gorani (Hewrami) dialects and Zazaki. Because Zaza–Gorani belongs to the Northwestern Iranian branch.
Shabaki | Zazaki | Southern Kurdish | Sorani Kurdish | Kurmanji Kurdish | Hewrami | Persian | English |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
çam | çim | çem/çew | çaw | çav | cem | čašm/češm | eye |
ziwan | ziwan | ziwan | ziman | ziman | ziwan | zabân | tongue, language |
Pronouns
Shabaki | Zazaki | Southern Kurdish | Sorani | Kurmanji | Hewrami | Persian | English |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
emn-em | ez, min | mi | min | ez, min | emin, min | man | I, me, mine, my |
etu | ti, to | tu | to | tu, te | eto, to | to, tu | thou, thee, thine |
ew, îna | a, o | ew | ew | ew, wî, wê | ew | en | s/he, his, hers, him, her |
hima-alama-gişt | ma | îme | ême | em, me | ma | mâ | we, our |
işma | şima | îwe | êwe | hûn, we | şima | şomâ | you, your |
işan | înu, înan | ewane | ewan | ewan, wan | ade | înâ | they, them, their |
References
- ^ Shabaki at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ a b Ethnologue about Shabaki
- ^ http://www.kurdishacademy.org/?q=node/133
- ^ Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.
- ^ Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire
- ^ Omniglot Shabaki page