Shabaki language

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Shabaki
شەبەکی
Native to Iraq
Region Mosul
Ethnicity Shabaks
Native speakers
250,000 (2018) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sdb
Glottolog shab1251

Shabaki is an Indo-Iranian language and belongs to the subgroup Zaza-Gorani [note 1] of the Northwestern Iranian languages. The Shabaki language is spoken by the Shabak people [6] [7] in the Mosul region of northern Iraq. It is a subdialect of the Kurdish dialect Gorani. [8] [9] [10] alongside Hewrami, Sarli, and Bajalan. It also been influenced by Arabic, Turkish and Persian language. [5] [11] The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000. [12] Currently, the number of native speakers of Shabaki is estimated at 250,000. [13] As Shabaki is one of the Zaza–Gorani languages, it is most similar to other Dialects of Gorani; Hewrami Bajelani, Sarli. and to Zazaki.

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Status

The Shabak people fear the demise of the Shabaki language especially after the occupation of the ISIS terrorist groups to their home in Nineveh Plain, which led to the displacement of the majority of their population and the other groups residing in that area. [14]

Comparison

Pronouns

ShabakiZazakiSouthern KurdishSoraniKurmanjiHewramiPersianEnglish
emin-emez, minmi/minminez, minemin, minmənI, me, mine, my
etuti, totu/tûtotu, teeto, toto, tuthou, thee, thine
ew, înaa, oew/eweewew, wî, wêewûs/he, his, hers, him, her
hima-alama-giştmaîmeêmeem, memamawe, our
işmaşimaîweêwehûn, weşimaşumayou, your
işanînu, înanewan/ewaneewanewan, wanadeanhathey, them, their

Vocabulary

ShabakiZazakiSouthern KurdishSorani KurdishKurmanji KurdishHewramiPersianEnglish
çamçimçem/çewçawçavcemçəşm/çişmeye
ziwanziwanziwanzimanzimanziwanzəbantongue, language

Notes

Literature

References

  1. Shabaki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 "Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  3. 1 2 Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2010). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110196313.
  4. Hindo, Walid A. (2016-09-08). From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway. Archway Publishing. ISBN   9781480834033.
  5. 1 2 Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781538110508.
  6. Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.
  7. Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire
  8. Löwer, Hans-Joachim (2015-02-16). Die Stunde der Kurden: Wie sie den Nahen Osten verändern (in German). Styriabooks. ISBN   9783990403549.
  9. "Kurdland - Your gateway to Kurdistan". Kurdland. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  10. Shoukat, Ahmad. "Al-Shabak Al-Kurd Al-Mansiyoun". Ministry of Culture Printing Press. Sulaymaniyah: 48.
  11. "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  12. Ethnologue about Shabaki
  13. "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  14. "International Mother Language Day in Karbala, Iraq - Telegram7". Telegram7. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2018-10-26.