Zaza people

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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1. What is the linguistic classification?Northwestern Iranian language, Indo-European family
2. What is the primary geographic concentration?Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
3. What language do the Zaza people speak?They speak Zazaki, a unique language in the northwestern Iranian branch, related to Kurdish and Persian but with its own sounds and words.
4. Where do the Zaza people live?They live in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia, a region with many different ethnic groups.

Alevism: A syncretic and mystical branch of Islam with distinct beliefs and practices.
Daylam: A historical region in northern Iran, sometimes theorized as an ancestral homeland.
Linguistic Vitality: The degree to which a language is used and maintained by its speakers.