Native to Turkey Native speakers 140,000 (1998) | Ethnicity Zaza Writing system Latin script | |
Region Main in Tunceli, southern parts of Erzincan and eastern parts of Sivas Language family Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western
Northwestern
Zazaki language
Zazakiyê Zımey | ||
Northern Zazaki (in Zazaki: Zazakiyê Zımey, Kırmancki or Zonê Ma) is one of dialects of the Zazaki language. Northern Zazaki is predominantly spoken by over 150,000 people in the eastern provinces of Turkey such as Tunceli, Erzincan and Sivas.
Vocal differences of Northern Zazaki
There are some differences among dialects of Zazaki language. Specifically the word sh being s in Northern Zazaki:
References
Northern Zazaki Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA