Central Zazaki

Zazakiyê Merkezi
Native to	Turkey
Region	Elazığ, Bingöl northern parts of Diyarbakır
Ethnicity	Zaza
Native speakers	(1,500,000 [1] cited 1998)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Zazaki language Zazakiyê Merkezi
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-2	diq
ISO 639-3	zza – inclusive code Individual codes: kiu – Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) diq – Dimli (Southern Zazaki)
Glottolog	zaza1246
Linguasphere	58-AAA-ba

Central Zazaki (in Zaza language: Zazakiyê Merkezi or Zazakiyê Miyani; means Middle Zazaki) is one of three main dialects of the Zazaki language. This is spoken by the Zaza people in central parts of Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Central Zazaki is spoken by over 1 million people in the eastern cities of Turkey, such as Elazığ, north of Diyarbakır, west of Bingöl and east of Malatya.

References

1. "Zazaki, Central". Ethnologue.
2. Zazakiyê Merkezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Dimli (Southern Zazaki) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)