What is Zaza language?
{{Infobox language |name=Zaza |states=[[Anatolia]] |region=Main in [[Tunceli]], [[Bingöl]], [[Erzincan]], [[Sivas]], [[Elazığ]], [[Erzurum]], [[Malatya]] [[Gümüşhane Province]], [[Şanlıurfa Province]], and [[Varto]], [[Adıyaman Province]]; diasporic in [[Mutki]], [[Sarız]], [[Aksaray Province|Aksaray]], and [[Taraz]] |script=[[Latin script]] |ethnicity=[[Zazas|Zaza]] |speakers=1.6 million |date=1998 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] |fam3=[[Iranian languages|Iranian]] |fam4=[[Western Iranian languages|Western]] |fam5=[[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern I]] |fam6=[[Zaza–Gorani languages|Zaza–Gorani]] |iso2=zza |lingua=58-AAA-ba |iso3=zza |lc1=kiu |ld1=[[Kirmanjki]] (Northern Zaza) |lc2=diq |ld2=[[Dimli]] (Southern Zaza) |glotto=zaza1246 |glottorefname=Zaza}} '''Zaza language''', also called '''Zazaki''', '''Kirmanjki''' and '''Dimli''', is an [[Iranic languages|Iranian language]] mainly spoken in eastern [[Turkey]] by the [[Zazas]]. It belongs to the northwest-Iranian group of [[Iranic languages]]. The Zaza language is related to Sangsarī, Māzandarānī, Tātī (Herzendī), Semnānī, Tāleshī, [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Balochi language|Balōchi]]. The number of Zaza speakers is not known exactly. Many people consider the Zaza language to be a dialect of [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]. But it has been shown that Zaza has is more similar to other [[Iranic languages]] such as [[Mazandarani language|Mazandarani]] than to [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/zaza-gorani Zaza-Gorani &#124; Ethnologue] Ethnologue on Zazaki (language) * [http://zazasiteler.tr.gg/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025094954/http://zazasiteler.tr.gg/ |date=2009-10-25 }} (Weblinks of Zaza people) * [http://zazaki.de/english/index.htm Zazaki.de zazaki dimili zaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185824/http://www.zazaki.de/english/index.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} Academ