Zaza–Gorani languages explained

Zaza–Gorani
Region:Iraq, Iran, Turkey
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Northwestern[1] [2] [3]
Child1:Zaza
Child2:Gorani (Hawrami)
Glotto:tati1243
Glottoname:Adharic

Zaza–Gorani is a Kurdic linguistic subgroup of Northwestern Iranian languages. They are usually classified as a non-Kurdish branch of the Northwestern Iranian languages[4] [5] [6] but most of their speakers consider themselves ethnic Kurds.[7] [8] [9] [10]

The Zaza–Gorani languages are the Zaza and the Gorani,[11] [12] and Shabaki[13] [14] [15] [16] languages. Whereas Gorani is composed of four dialects being Hawrami, Bajelani and Sarli.[17] [18]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=diq Ethnologue.com - Zaza-Gorani
  2. http://multitree.org/codes/zago Linguistik List Language Search - Zaza-Gorani
  3. https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/zaza1246 Glottolog - Family Zaza
  4. Book: Frye, Richard Nelson. The History of Ancient Iran. registration. 30. 1984. C.H.Beck. 9783406093975. en.
  5. Book: Minahan, James. Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World A-Z [4 Volumes]]. 2002-05-30. ABC-CLIO. 9780313076961. en.
  6. Book: Hamelink, Wendelmoet. The Sung Home. Narrative, Morality, and the Kurdish Nation. 2016-04-21. BRILL. 9789004314825. en.
  7. Arakelova. Victoria. The Zaza People as a New Ethno-Political Factor in the Region. Iran & the Caucasus. 3/4. 397–408. 1999. 10.1163/157338499X00335. 4030804.
  8. Book: Kehl-Bodrogi. Otter-Beaujean. Barbara Kellner-Heikele. Syncretistic religious communities in the Near East : collected papers of the international symposium "Alevism in Turkey and comparable syncretistic religious communities in the Near East in the past and present", Berlin, 14-17 April 1995. 13. 1997. Brill. Leiden. 9789004108615.
  9. News: Nodar Mosaki. The zazas: a kurdish sub-ethnic group or separate people?. 11 August 2015. Zazaki.net. 14 March 2012.
  10. Book: J.N. Postgate . Languages of Iraq, ancient and modern. . 2007 . . . 978-0-903472-21-0 . 148 . 20 May 2019.
  11. Web site: Traditional classification tree . Iranatlas.com . 30 May 2019.
  12. Book: I. M. Nick . Forensic linguistics asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants . 2019 . Vernon Press . 9781622731305 . 60.
  13. Book: Hulst . Harry van der . A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World . Goedemans . Rob . Zanten . Ellen van . 2010 . Walter de Gruyter . 9783110196313 . en.
  14. Book: Hindo, Walid A. . From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway . 2016-09-08 . Archway Publishing . 9781480834033 . en.
  15. Book: Gunter, Michael M. . Historical Dictionary of the Kurds . 2018-02-20 . Rowman & Littlefield . 9781538110508 . en.
  16. News: Zaza-Gorani . en . Ethnologue . 2018-10-22.
  17. Web site: Bajalan . . 30 May 2019.
  18. Web site: Gurani . . 30 May 2019.