ISO 639-3 · zzazza
Indo-European family · macrolanguage
Zazaki
Zazaki is a macrolanguage of the Zaza–Gorani languages branch (Indo-European), spoken in Turkey and Germany. Wikidata counts about 1.6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Indo-European language spoken by Zaza people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zza- Glottocode
zaza1246- Family
- Indo-European
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 38.60, 40.70
- Wikipedia
- 122 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
6levels in the tree
VulnerableUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Zazaki |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zaza, Kirdki, Kirmanjki (macrolanguage), Kirmanjki, Dimili |
| All speakers | 1,640,000 |
| Written in | Zazaki alphabet, Latin script, Arabic script |
| Grammatical cases | 1 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
UNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Zazaki
The branches above Zazaki, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
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