Zazas

The Zazas (Zazaki: Zaza, Kırd, Kırmanc, Dımili or Şarê Ma, lit.'Our people') are a people in eastern Turkey who traditionally speak the Zaza language, a western Iranian language written in the Latin script. Their heartland consists of Tunceli and Bingöl provinces and parts of Elazığ, Erzincan and Diyarbakır provinces. Zazas generally consider themselves Kurds, and are often described as Zaza Kurds by scholars.

Zazas
Geographic distribution of Zaza speakers (darker green) among Iranian speakers
Total population
2 to 3 million
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey
Diaspora: Approx. 300,000
Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Languages
Zaza, Kurmanji Kurdish, and Turkish
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam (mostly Shafiʽi school but also Hanafism)
significant minority Alevism
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