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Dimlî, Zazakî Autonyms
Southern Zazaki
Summary
Southern Zazaki is an endangered indigenous language of Turkey. It belongs to the Indo-European language family and is part of the Zaza macrolanguage. The language is used as a first language by all adults in the ethnic community, but not all young people. It is not known to be taught in schools.
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It belongs to the Indo-European language family.
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