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Kirmanjki Wiktionary

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Requests for new languages (Wiktionary Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki))

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Proposal summary
Language details: Zazaki (Kırmancki, kiu ISO 639-3) Editing community: Mirzali (NP) Asmen (N) Belekvor (N) List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: development wiki project, Wikipediya Kırmancki (Wikipediya Zazakiyê Zımey) External links:
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Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) is spoken in Tunceli, Erzincan, Erzurum, Sivas, Gumushane, Mus (Varto), Kayseri (Sariz) provinces. Its sub-dialects are:

• West-Dersim
• East-Dersim
• Varto
• Border dialects like Sarız, Koçgiri (Giniyan-idiom)

• Number of speakers: Estimated somewhere between 2 - 4 million.
• Locations spoken: Mostly in eastern Turkey, Germany, and Sweden
• Related languages:en:Iranian languages
• Related pages: Wikipediya Kırmancki (Wikipediya Zazakiyê Zımey)
• Litarature:

• Selcan, Zülfü. (1998) "Grammatik der Zaza-Sprache" Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-928943-96-0.

• Paul, Ludwig. (1998) Zazaki "Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie" Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-89500-098-1.

• Paul, Ludwig. (1998) "The Position of Zazaki Among West Iranian languages" University of Hamburg,[1].

• Lynn Todd, Terry. (1985) "A Grammar of Dimili" University of Michigan,[2].

• Gippert, Jost. (1996) "Historical Development of Zazaki" Frankfurt University,[3].

• Gajewski, Jon. (2003) "Evidentiality in Zazaki" Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[4].

• Gajewski, Jon. (2004) "Zazaki Notes" Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[5].

• Larson, Richard. and Yamakido, Hiroko. (2006) "Zazaki as Double Case-Marking" Stony Brook University and University of Arizona,[6].

Arguments

• Support - As a sysop of the Wikipediya Kırmancki (Wikipediya Zazakiyê Zımey), I am proposing a Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) Wiktionary edition. Northern Zazaki is one of spoken languages in Turkey, and there is an increasing interest among young native speakers towards developing the language. --Mirzali
• Support - Northern Zazaki is one of dialects of Zazaki language. I believe that all Zaza people will support and edit the "Wikipediya Kirmanjki" like they support Wikipediya Zazaki (diq) at http://diq.wikipedia.org .--Belekvor 19:38, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support - I support wholeheartedly the wiktionary project for Northern Zazaki. --Asya 18:43, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support - I wholeheartedly support the creation of a Kirmanjki Wiktionary. The Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki) is a rich and beautiful language. It would be very nice if this project would be granted in the near future. --Kagan 03:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 03:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support --Eymen 13:32, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support --Erdemaslancan 12:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
• Support I support this project. --Kurdbuddha 16:38, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Other discussion

• Project is eligible. --Millosh 12:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)