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Dimli

A language of Turkey (Asia)

ISO 639-3: diq

Population	1,000,000 in Turkey (Wiesenfeld 1999). Between 1.5 and 2.5 million speakers (including all dialects) (Paul 1998).
Region	East central, mainly Elazig, Bingol, and Diyarbakir provinces, upper courses of Euphrates, Kizilirmaq, and Murat rivers. Also in Germany.
Alternate names	Dimili, Southern Zaza, Zaza, Zazaki
Dialects	Sivereki, Kori, Hazzu (Hazo), Motki (Moti), Dumbuli (Dumbeli). Several dialects. Related to Gurani group.
Classification	Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Zaza-Gorani A member of macrolanguage Zaza [zza] (Turkey (Asia)).
Language use	Some also use Northern Kurdish [kmr].
Language development	Magazines.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists; pastoralists; urban. Muslim (Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HAYIG, Rosan, author; WERNER, Brigitte; WERNER, Eberhard, editors. 2007. Mahmeşa: vizêr ra ewro istanıkê zazayan = Mahmescha: Zaza volksmärchen von damals und heute = Mahmesha: Zaza folktales: then and now .  

TODD, Terry, author. 1985. A grammar of Dimili also known as Zaza.

TODD, Terry, author; WERNER, Eberhard, editor. 2002. A grammar of Dimili also known as Zaza.

WERNER, Eberhard, author. 2006. Bibelübersetzung als Missionstheologisches Kommunicationsmodell, dargestellt am Beispiel der Bibelübersetzung in die Sprache der Zaza, exemplarisch am Beispiel des Begriffes „Mensch“.