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Zaza is the ancestral language of the Zaza people and belongs to the Zaza–Gorani branch of the Iranian languages. It is spoken in the east of modern Turkey, with approximately two to three million speakers. There is a division between Northern and Southern Zaza, most notably in phonological inventory, but Zaza as a whole forms a dialect ...
Zaza language is classified by SIL International as a macrolanguage, including the varieties of Southern Zaza (diq) and Northern Zazaki (kiu). [12] Other international linguistic authorities, the Ethnologue and the Glottolog, also classify the Zaza language as a macrolanguage among Iranian languages composed of two distinct languages: Southern Zaza and Northern Zaza.
The term diaspora language, coined in the 1980s, [1] is a sociolinguistic idea referring to a variety of languages spoken by peoples with common roots who have dispersed, under various pressures and often globally. The emergence and evolution of a diaspora language is usually part of a larger attempt to retain cultural identity.
Zaza–Gorani is a Kurdic linguistic subgroup of Northwestern Iranian languages. They are usually classified as a non- Kurdish branch of the Northwestern Iranian languages [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] but most of their speakers consider themselves ethnic Kurds .
Zaza people were largely assimilated by the Turks and Kurds." [6] Zaza nationalists accuse the PKK of being against Zazas. According to this section, Zaza settlements in the East were evacuated due to both the state and the PKK. Supporters of Zaza nationalism are afraid of being assimilated by Turkish and Kurdish influence.
The term diaspora language, coined in the 1980s, [196] is a sociolinguistic idea referring to a variety of languages spoken by peoples with common roots who have dispersed, under various pressures and often globally. The emergence and evolution of a diaspora language is usually part of a larger attempt to retain cultural identity.
Many Kurds are either bilingual or multilingual, speaking the language of their respective nation of origin, such as Arabic, Persian, and Turkish as a second language alongside their native Kurdish, while those in diaspora communities often speak three or more languages. Turkified and Arabised Kurds often speak little or no Kurdish.
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