Zazas (Iranian people)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q142897
Library of congress:
sh2009009494
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2009322896: Türkdoğan, O. Türk toplumunda Zazalar ve Kürtler, 2008.
- Wikipedia, via WWW, 18 Nov 2009(The Zazas or Dimilis are an Iranic (Aryan) ethnic group and an ethnic minority in Turkey. They primarily live in the eastern Anatolian provinces, such as Adıyaman, Aksaray, Batman, Bingöl, Diyarbakır (Diyarbekır), Elazığ (Xarpêt), Erzurum, Erzincan (Erzıngan), Gümüşhane, Kars, Malatya, Muş, Şanliurfa (Rıha), Sivas (Sêvaz), and Tunceli (Dêrsim) provinces. Zaza culture and language show some similarities to other Iranic (Aryan) ethnic groups, such as Gorani, Semnani, Kurds, Pashtuns, Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Persians, and others)
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Wikipedia description:
The Zazas (Zazaki: Şarê ma, lit. 'Our people'), also known as Kird, Kirmanc, or Dimili, are an Iranian people who speak Zazaki, a language of the Indo-European language family. They mostly live in the Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Turkey. Zazas generally consider themselves Kurds, and are often described as Zaza Kurds by scholars.
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