Shabaki language

Shabaki
Shabaki
شەبەکی
Native to	Iraq
Region	Mosul
Native speakers	(10,000–20,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern I Zaza–Gorani Gorani Shabaki; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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

^ 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