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]
| Zaza–Gorani | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Iraq, Iran, Turkey |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | tati1243 (Adharic) |
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]
Sources
edit- ^ Ethnologue.com - Zaza-Gorani
- ^ Linguistik List Language Search - Zaza-Gorani
- ^ Glottolog - Family Zaza
- ^ Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 30. ISBN 9783406093975.
- ^ Minahan, James (2002-05-30). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World A-Z [4 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313076961.
- ^ Hamelink, Wendelmoet (2016-04-21). The Sung Home. Narrative, Morality, and the Kurdish Nation. BRILL. ISBN 9789004314825.
- ^ Arakelova, Victoria (1999). "The Zaza People as a New Ethno-Political Factor in the Region". Iran & the Caucasus. 3/4: 397–408. doi:10.1163/157338499X00335. JSTOR 4030804.
- ^ Kehl-Bodrogi; Otter-Beaujean; Barbara Kellner-Heikele (1997). 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. Leiden: Brill. p. 13. ISBN 9789004108615.
- ^ Nodar Mosaki (14 March 2012). "The zazas: a kurdish sub-ethnic group or separate people?". Zazaki.net. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ J.N. Postgate (2007). Languages of Iraq, ancient and modern (PDF). Cambridge: British School of Archaeology in Iraq. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-903472-21-0. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Traditional classification tree". Iranatlas.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ I. M. Nick (2019). Forensic linguistics asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants. Vernon Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781622731305.
- ^ Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110196313.
- ^ Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN 9781480834033.
- ^ Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.
- ^ "Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "Bajalan". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Gurani". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
External links
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Partial tree of Indo-European languages.
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Position of Zaza-Gorani languages in Iranian Languages
