Zaza–Gorani is a
linguistic
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
subgroup of
Northwestern Iranian languages
The Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranic languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
Languages
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a g ...
. They are usually classified as a non-
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
branch of the
Northwestern Iranian languages
The Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranic languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
Languages
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a g ...
but most of their speakers consider themselves ethnic
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
.
The Zaza–Gorani languages are the
Zaza and the
Gorani languages, whereas Gorani is composed of four dialects being
Hawrami,
Bajelani,
Shabaki
Shabaki is an Indo-Iranian language and belongs to the subgroup Zaza-Gorani of the Northwestern Iranian languages. The Shabaki language is spoken by the Shabak people in the Mosul region of northern Iraq. It has similarities with the Northwester ...
and
Sarli.
Sources
External links
www.zazaki.net (Kırmanc, Zaza, Kırd, Dimli)www.zazaki.de
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Northwestern Iranian languages
Languages of Kurdistan
Languages of Iraq
Languages of Iran
Languages of Turkey
Kurdish people
Zaza people
Gallery
IndoEuropeanTree.svg, Partial tree of Indo-European languages.
Iranian_Family_Tree_v2.0.png, Position of Zaza-Gorani languages in Iranian Languages