Shabaki dialect
| Shabaki | |
|---|---|
| شەبەکی | |
| Native to | Iraq |
| Region | Mosul |
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Native speakers
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(10,000–20,000 cited 1989) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | shab1251 |
Shabaki is a dialect of the Indo-Iranian language Gorani spoken by the Shabak people Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.</ref> in Mosul, Iraq. The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.
As Shabaki is one of the Zaza–Gorani languages, it is most similar to languages like Gorani (Hewrami) dialects and Zazaki. Because Zaza–Gorani belongs to the Northwestern Iranian branch:
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