Indo-European family
Zaza
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Zaza (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Zaza.
See Zaza on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.5M (1,500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- zza
Northwestern Iranian of eastern Turkey. Grouped with Gorani rather than Kurdish by most linguists, though speakers often identify as Kurds.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
- Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Zazac. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 16
Also descended from Proto-Iranian.