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Zaza people

ethnic group of Indo-European origin
Intangible ethnic_group Q142897
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Summary

Zaza people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,385 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Zazaki[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[4], Sunni Islam[5], Shia Islam[6], Alevism[7]
  • Country: Turkey[8], Germany[9], France[10], United Kingdom[11], Iran[12]
  • Subclass of: Iranian peoples[13]
  • Commons category: Zazas[14]
  • Location of formation: Iran[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zazas[16]
  • Population: 3,200,000[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Zazaki[18]
  • Different from: Zazi[19]

Why It Matters

Zaza people has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

France Germany Iran Turkey United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM481095
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM481095, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of formation → Iran
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Country → Turkey, Germany, France +2
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Zazaki
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007540731005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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