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Southern Zazaki

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Native to
  
Turkey

Native speakers
  
1,500,000  (1998)

Ethnicity
  
Zaza

Writing system
  
Latin script

Region
  
Main in Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Siverek, Gerger

Language family
  
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Zazaki language Dımli, Dımılki

Southern Zazaki (in Zazaki: Dımli, Dımılki or Zazakiyê Veroci) is one of dialects of the Zazaki language. Southern Zazaki is predominantly spoken by over 1 million people in the southeastern provinces of Turkey such as Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman.

References

Southern Zazaki Wikipedia