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.
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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