| Kharberd-Yerznka dialect | |
| Also Known As: | Kharberd |
| Nativename: | խարբերդ-երզնկա բարբառ |
| States: | Elazığ, Tunceli, Erzincan |
| Ethnicity: | Armenian people |
| Speakers: | unknown |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Armenian |
| Fam3: | Western Armenian |
| Script: | Armenian alphabet |
| Iso3: | none |
| Iso3comment: | (included in [hyw]) |
| Glotto: | khar1280 |
| Glottorefname: | Kharberd-Erznkad |
| Map: | Armenian dialects, Adjarian 1909.png |
| Mapcaption: | Map of the Armenian dialects in early 20th century |
The Kharberd–Yerznka dialect was a group of varieties of the same dialect that were spoken in the regions of Kharberd, Erzincan, Dersim, and Kiğı in the Ottoman Empire before WWI. After which it was spoken only in the diaspora In Syria, Romania, United States, and Lebanon. Although the Dersim variety was still spoken in Tunceli until 1938 when The Alevi Ashirets were dissolved and the remaining Armenians of Tunceli became Alevi and were assimilated into Zaza society.
Hrachia Acharian wrote short stories in different regional variations of the dialect in his 1909 book.[1]
Chors dziyern el p'arkatsram, mek' marti glukhn dzer tvam, T'esa vor pasan asav, ha im papi dziyern, ch'giter vor yes im, inkë k'artzumer vor Turkerë Ghambarë vertsran.
Erikë kerta tzovi shurj k'nsti, mek' hats inkë kuti, mek'n el tzovi dzoukerin k'neti. Amen or metz dzouk g'ga irants dzerkerits k'arni u k'tani. esi tarin amen or arav.