Zaza people
Also known as Zazas
The Zazas (), are an Iranian people who speak Zaza, an Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European language family. Zazas live primarily in the Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Turkey. They live in parts of Bingöl, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Malatya, Muş, Bitlis and Tunceli provinces in Eastern Anatolia and Adıyaman, Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa provinces in Southeastern Anatolia. There are also found Zaza communities in provinces such as Kars and Ardahan in Northeastern Anatolia, Kayseri, Sivas and Aksaray in Central Anatolia and Tokat and Gümüşhane in Black Sea regions o
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The Zazas are an Iranian ethnic group primarily living in eastern and southeastern Turkey who speak Zaza, their own Iranian language within the Indo-European language family. They inhabit multiple provinces across several regions of Turkey, making them a significant minority population in Anatolia with a distinct linguistic and cultural identity.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Zazas
- Ethnic group.image
- Diyarbekir Zazas collage.jpg
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- Zaza men (top) and women (bottom) in Diyarbekir during the Ottoman period, 1881
- Ethnic group.pop
- 2 to 3 million
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- TurkeyDiaspora: 300,000Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
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- Majority: Sunni Islam(Shafi'i majority, large Hanafi minority)Significant minority: Alevism
- Ethnic group.langs
- Zaza, Kurmanji Kurdish, and Turkish
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- diq
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- Zaza woman.jpg
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology and naming
- History
- Origins and early history
- Modern period
- Demographics and geographical distribution
- Culture
- Language
- Religion
- Identity
- Festivals
- Politics
- Zaza nationalism
- Genetics
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
The Zazas (), are an Iranian people who speak Zaza, an Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European language family. Zazas live primarily in the Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Turkey. They live in parts of Bingöl, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Malatya, Muş, Bitlis and Tunceli provinces in Eastern Anatolia and Adıyaman, Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa provinces in Southeastern Anatolia. There are also found Zaza communities in provinces such as Kars and Ardahan in Northeastern Anatolia, Kayseri, Sivas and Aksaray in Central Anatolia and Tokat and Gümüşhane in Black Sea regions of Turkey. Outside Turkey, there exists a Zaza diaspora in Western Europe, particularly in Germany.
Zazas are mainly Muslims and mainly belonging to two sects: Sunni Islam and Alevism. This sectarian difference is reflected in the dialectal differences of the Zaza language; the northern dialect of the language is spoken by Alevi Zazas, the southern dialect by Hanafi Zazas, and the central dialect by Shafi Zazas. Zazas have a population of approximately 2-3 million. The language of the Zazas, the Zaza language belongs to the Northwestern Iranian branch of the Iranian languages and is closely related to Tati, Talysh, Sangsari, Semnani, Mazandarani and Gilaki.