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ISO 639-3 · kiukiu
Indo-European family

Northern Zaza

Shar Ma

Northern Zaza is a language of the Zaza–Gorani languages branch (Indo-European), spoken in Turkey. Wikidata describes it as “Zazaki dialect”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kiu
Glottocode
kirm1248
Wikipedia
14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNorthern Zaza · Shar Ma
Also calledKirmanjki, Kirmancki, Zonê ma, So-bê

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Indo-European to Northern Zaza

The branches above Northern Zaza, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

414Indo-Europeanfamily215Indo-Iranianbranch81Iranianbranch61Western Iranianbranch41Northwestern Iranianbranch5Zaza–Gorani languagesbranchkiuNorthern Zazalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Turkey40 languages in the index

Also spoken in Turkey

araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeturTurkishTurkic · 88.1 m1 · NationalapcLevantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 44 mazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeapcNorth Levantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 24.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · Provincial