Zaza–Gorani languages

Zaza–Gorani
Zaza–Gorani
Geographic; distribution	Iraq, Iran, Turkey
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Zaza–Gorani; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Zaza; Gorani (Hawrami);
Language codes
Glottolog	tati1243 (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]

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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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Ethnologue.com - Zaza-Gorani
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Linguistik List Language Search - Zaza-Gorani
[3]
Glottolog - Family Zaza
[4]
Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 30. ISBN 9783406093975.
[5]
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.
[6]
Hamelink, Wendelmoet (2016-04-21). The Sung Home. Narrative, Morality, and the Kurdish Nation. BRILL. ISBN 9789004314825.
[7]
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.
[8]
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.
[9]
Nodar Mosaki (14 March 2012). "The zazas: a kurdish sub-ethnic group or separate people?". Zazaki.net. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
[10]
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.
[11]
"Traditional classification tree". Iranatlas.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
[12]
I. M. Nick (2019). Forensic linguistics asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants. Vernon Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781622731305.
[13]
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.
[14]
Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN 9781480834033.
[15]
Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.
[16]
"Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
[17]
"Bajalan". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
[18]
"Gurani". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

Partial tree of Indo-European languages.
Position of Zaza-Gorani languages in Iranian Languages

[1] [1]
Ethnologue.com - Zaza-Gorani

[2] [2]
Linguistik List Language Search - Zaza-Gorani

[3] [3]
Glottolog - Family Zaza

[4] [4]
Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 30. ISBN 9783406093975.

[5] [5]
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.

[6] [6]
Hamelink, Wendelmoet (2016-04-21). The Sung Home. Narrative, Morality, and the Kurdish Nation. BRILL. ISBN 9789004314825.

[Arakelova-7] [7]
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.

[8] [8]
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.

[9] [9]
Nodar Mosaki (14 March 2012). "The zazas: a kurdish sub-ethnic group or separate people?". Zazaki.net. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[10] [10]
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.

[11] [11]
"Traditional classification tree". Iranatlas.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[12] [12]
I. M. Nick (2019). Forensic linguistics asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants. Vernon Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781622731305.

[:1-13] [13]
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.

[14] [14]
Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN 9781480834033.

[:2-15] [15]
Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.

[:0-16] [16]
"Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.

[17] [17]
"Bajalan". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[18] [18]
"Gurani". Iranica Online. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

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Zaza–Gorani
Geographic distribution	Iraq, Iran, Turkey
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern^[1]^[2]^[3] Zaza–Gorani
Subdivisions	Zaza Gorani (Hawrami)
Language codes
Glottolog	`tati1243` (Adharic)