Zaza (etnia)

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
Ethnic group.image_caption: Zaza men (top) and women (bottom) in Diyarbekir during the Ottoman period, 1881
Ethnic group.pop: 2 to 3 million
Ethnic group.popplace: TurkeyDiaspora: 300,000Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Ethnic group.rels: 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