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- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Legacies
- Part II Regional Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part III Domestic Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part IV Religion and Society
- Part V Kurdish Language
- 24 The History of Kurdish and the Development of Literary Kurmanji
- 25 The History and Development of Literary Central Kurdish
- 26 The Kırmanjki (Zazaki) Dialect of Kurdish Language and the Issues It Faces
- Part VI Art, Culture and Literature
- Part VII Transversal Dynamics
- Index
- References
26 - The Kırmanjki (Zazaki) Dialect of Kurdish Language and the Issues It Faces
from Part V - Kurdish Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Legacies
- Part II Regional Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part III Domestic Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part IV Religion and Society
- Part V Kurdish Language
- 24 The History of Kurdish and the Development of Literary Kurmanji
- 25 The History and Development of Literary Central Kurdish
- 26 The Kırmanjki (Zazaki) Dialect of Kurdish Language and the Issues It Faces
- Part VI Art, Culture and Literature
- Part VII Transversal Dynamics
- Index
- References
Summary
Often referred to as ‘Zaza’ or ‘Zazaki’ in academic literature in Europe and the US, the Kirmanjki dialect of the Kurdish language is spoken by an important section of the Kurds within Turkey’s borders. Kirmanjki became a written language quite late and due to the longstanding language-related prohibitions and obstacles in Turkey, the number of Kirmanji speakers has been decreasing considerably over the years. According to UNESCO, Kirmanjki is now an endangered language. This chapter focuses on the issue of different designations used to describe Kirmanjki, places where it is spoken and the current language policies in Turkey that affect its development. In addition, the difficulties that Kirmanjki is facing in the contemporary period and its precarious future are discussed.
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- The Cambridge History of the Kurds , pp. 663 - 684Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021