Zaza people

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The Zaza people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Turkey, known for their distinct Zazaki language and cultural traditions separate from neighboring Kurdish and Turkish populations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zaza people canonical 20

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Turkey ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct Zazaki language ⓘ
distinct folk music traditions ⓘ
distinct oral literature ⓘ
distinct religious practices among Alevis ⓘ
traditional tribal social structures ⓘ
diaspora Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnonym Dimili ⓘ
Dimilis ⓘ
linked to: Dimili

Kird ⓘ
Zaza ⓘ
historicalRegion Dersim region ⓘ
linked to: Tunceli Province
language Zazaki ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus Zazaki considered by many linguists a separate Northwestern Iranian language ⓘ
notableCityPresence Bingöl ⓘ
linked to: Bingöl Province

Dersim (Tunceli) ⓘ
linked to: Tunceli Province

Diyarbakır ⓘ
Elazığ ⓘ
Erzincan ⓘ
linked to: Erzincan Province
populationEstimate several million in Turkey (various estimates) ⓘ
primaryCountry Turkey ⓘ
primaryRegion Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
Eastern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey
recognizedAsMinorityLanguage Zazaki in Turkey (limited and contested) ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Gorani people ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Lurs ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Talysh people ⓘ
linked to: Talysh
religion Alevi Islam ⓘ
linked to: Alevism

Alevism ⓘ
Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school

Shafi‘i Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Yazidism ⓘ
scriptUsedForLanguage Latin script ⓘ
selfIdentificationDebate some identify as Kurds ⓘ
some identify as a distinct people ⓘ
significantRegion Adıyaman Province ⓘ
Bingöl Province ⓘ
Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Elazığ Province ⓘ
Erzincan Province ⓘ
Erzurum Province ⓘ
Malatya Province ⓘ
Sivas Province ⓘ
Tunceli Province ⓘ
Şanlıurfa Province ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zazaki → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Zazaki → hasEthnicAssociation → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimlî → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Zaza–Gorani → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimili → alternativeNameFor → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimili → usedToReferTo → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimili → refersTo → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimili → ethnonymFor → Zaza people ⓘ
Dimili → relatedEthnicGroup → Zaza people ⓘ
Kird → refersTo → Zaza people ⓘ
Kird → usedFor → Zaza people ⓘ
Kird → ethnonymFor → Zaza people ⓘ
Kird → hasEthnonymTarget → Zaza people ⓘ
Dersim → culturalRegionFor → Zaza people ⓘ
Zaza Dimlî → spokenBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Zaza Dimlî → ethnicGroup → Zaza people ⓘ
Northern Dimlî → usedBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Western Dimlî → usedBy → Zaza people ⓘ
Tunceli → hasMinorityGroup → Zaza people ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Tunceli