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Language, Religion, and Emplacement of Zazaki Speakers [PDF]

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 2019
Speakers of the Zazaki language present an ongoing and contested dilemma regarding their relationship and place within mainstream Kurdish identity. Academic scholarship on Zazaki speakers, and more specifically, their identity is not only scarce but often fails to provide a solid discussion on (ethnic) identification processes.
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Wusleto Heqîqî û Fîraqo Mecazî yan Fîraqo Heqîqî û Wusleto Mecazî; Edebîyatê Klasîk yê Zazakî de Terenumê Wuslet û Fîraqî

Mukaddime
Wuslet û fîraq tenya mîyanê edebîyatî de di hebî mefhûmî bingeyînan nê, heman dem de di rastîyê heyatî îfade kenê. Nê her di mefhûmî ancax pê reyde bêrê fikirîyayene mana danê.
Ahmet Kırkan
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.
Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
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Kur'an-ı Kerim'in Zazaca Tercümeleri

Nüsha
Zazaca Anadolu’nun kadim dillerinden birisi olup günümüzde Türkiye’de konuşulmakta olan üçüncü büyük dildir. Zazalar, tarih boyunca Müslüman bir halk olarak bilinmektedir.
İsmail Söylemez
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A never‐ending story of an identity crisis or a creative reformulation of an Alevi‐mindset? What the case of Alevi youth in the German diaspora suggest today?

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 48-64, April 2025.
Abstract The Alevi movement, originating more than three decades ago in Turkey and the Western European diaspora, has led to significant social and cultural shifts within Alevi communities. This movement witnessed the emergence of Alevi associations, increased religio‐political activities, and a fervent search for a redefined Alevi identity.
Ahmet Kerim Gültekin
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Gilaki reverse Ezafe: The two faces of a nominal linker

Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 376-392, June 2024.
Abstract This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other ...
Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Mansour Shabani, Sahar Taghipour   +2 more
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Kurdish gender politics: Funeral ceremonies of female fighters

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 6-25, Winter 2024.
Abstract The funeral ceremonies of female fighters are a relatively recent phenomenon that gained popularity in Kurdish politics in Turkey in the early 2000s and after the 2011 uprisings in Syria. As a sociocultural rite, these funerals have become a spectacular site, a political means, and a symbolic investment serving an intersectional agenda ...
Yunus Abakay
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Taybetmendîyên Şêwezarê Şêxbizinî

Nubihar Akademi
Şêxbizinî piştî zarên kurmancî û zazakî şêwezarê kurdî yê sêyem e ku li Tirkîyeyê tê axaftin. Şêxbizinîyên ku bi vî şêwezarî diaxivin, di sedsala 16em da di encama milmilaneya Osmanî û Sefewîyan da ji nav sînorê Îrana wê demê ber bi desthilata Osmanî koç
Zülküf Ergün, Mehmet Emin Özgür
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Kurmanji and Zazaki Dialects: Comparative Study on their Phonetics

International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 2019
Kurmanji and Zazaki are dialects of the theoretical language known as Kurdish. The various Kurdish dialects affirm the dialectical richness of the word and its sound, and show no indication of a decline in the spoken language. In general, the phoneme is thought to indicate the proximity or remoteness of language or its dialects – Kurdish is considered ...
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