Shabaki language

Shabaki
شەبەکی
Native toIraq
RegionMosul
EthnicityShabaks
Native speakers
250,000 (2018)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdb
Glottologshab1251

Shabaki is an Indo-Iranian language and belongs to the subgroup Zaza-Gorani[note 1] of the Northwestern Iranian languages. The Shabaki language is spoken by the Shabak people[6][7] in the Mosul region of northern Iraq. It is a subdialect of the Kurdish dialect Gorani.[8][9][10] alongside Hewrami, Sarli, and Bajalan. It also been influenced by Arabic, Turkish and Persian language.[5][11] The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.[12] Currently, the number of native speakers of Shabaki is estimated at 250,000.[13] As Shabaki is one of the Zaza–Gorani languages, it is most similar to other Dialects of Gorani; Hewrami Bajelani, Sarli. and to Zazaki.

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  5. ^ a b Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.
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  8. ^ Löwer, Hans-Joachim (2015-02-16). Die Stunde der Kurden: Wie sie den Nahen Osten verändern (in German). Styriabooks. ISBN 9783990403549.
  9. ^ "Kurdland - Your gateway to Kurdistan". Kurdland. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  10. ^ Shoukat, Ahmad. "Al-Shabak Al-Kurd Al-Mansiyoun". Ministry of Culture Printing Press. Sulaymaniyah: 48.
  11. ^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  12. ^ Ethnologue about Shabaki
  13. ^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-27.


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