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Name:
Dimli
Alternate Names:
Dimili; Zazaki; Southern Zaza; Zaza; Dimli (individual language); Zazaki (in French); Zaza (in Spanish)
Spoken in:
Germany, Turkey
Number of speakers:
1,000,000 in Turkey (Wiesenfeld 1999). Between 1.5 and 2.5 million speakers (including all dialects) (Paul 1998)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2000000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1000000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
diq
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Zaza-Gorani (zago)
Child Dialects:
Dumbuli; Dumbeli (diq-dum)
Kori (diq-kor)
Hazzu; Hazo (diq-haz)
Motki (diq-mot)
Sivereki (diq-siv)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Dimli
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