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Language code: zza

Technical information about ISO 639 language code zza

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The table below provides technical details for the Dimili, Dimli (macrolanguage), Kirdki, Kirmanjki (macrolanguage), Zaza, Zazaki language, designated by the zza code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

zza

Name

Dimili, Dimli (macrolanguage), Kirdki, Kirmanjki (macrolanguage), Zaza, Zazaki

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern Zazaki (Kirmanjki)Central ZazakiSouthern Zazaki (Dimli)
Related languages
Kurmanji KurdishSorani KurdishLakiPersian (Farsi)Talysh
Key facts
Belongs to the Northwestern Iranian subgroup of the Indo-Iranic languagesDisplays split-ergative alignment, with ergative marking in past transitive clausesExhibits vowel harmony and contains front-rounded vowels unusual for surrounding Iranian languagesWritten in both Latin-based and Perso-Arabic scripts, with multiple competing orthographiesClassified as definitely endangered by UNESCO, with roughly two to three million speakers.
Sample phrase

Merheba, tu çıne?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Dimili, Dimli (macrolanguage), Kirdki, Kirmanjki (macrolanguage), Zaza, Zazaki language, identified by the code zza, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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