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Name: Dimli
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Dimili; Zazaki; Southern Zaza; Zaza; Dimli (individual language)
Spoken in: Germany, Turkey
Number of speakers: 1,000,000 in Turkey (Wiesenfeld 1999). Between 1.5 and 2.5 million speakers (including all dialects) (Paul 1998) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2000000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1000000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: diq
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup: Zaza-Gorani (zago)
Child Dialects: Dumbuli; Dumbeli (diq-dum) Kori (diq-kor) Hazzu; Hazo (diq-haz) Motki; Moti (diq-mot) Sivereki (diq-siv)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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