Duus (EDT) Extra, D. (Durk) Gorter, Guus Extra, The Other Languages of Europe: Demographic, Sociolinguistic and Educational Perspectives, Multilingual Matters (2001). ISBN 1-85359-509-8. p. 415. Cites two estimates of Zaza-speakers in Turkey, 1,000,000 and 2,000,000, respectively.
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A scientific fact like that contradicts the theory of Zazas being Daylamites and strengthens the argument that Zazas are Kurds, despite linguistic differences. + According to Encyclopedia Iranica the Dimilis are apparently remanants of waves of Deylami tribes of northern Iran who about 12th century AD left their homeland and took refuge in Kurdish mountains. The name Zaza which is sometimes used by Kurds and Armenians to refer to Dimilis is a pejorative name, in Kurdish means stutterer and in Armenian dumb.[1]Arkiverad 4 april 2008 hämtat från the Wayback Machine. - Ivan Nasidze, Dominique Quinque, Murat Ozturk, Nina Bendukidze och Mark Stoneking, "MtDNA and Y-chromosome Variation in Kurdish Groups", Annals of Human Genetics, July 2005, Volume 69 Page 401. Abstract accessed online 15 november2006.
A scientific fact like that contradicts the theory of Zazas being Daylamites and strengthens the argument that Zazas are Kurds, despite linguistic differences. + According to Encyclopedia Iranica the Dimilis are apparently remanants of waves of Deylami tribes of northern Iran who about 12th century AD left their homeland and took refuge in Kurdish mountains. The name Zaza which is sometimes used by Kurds and Armenians to refer to Dimilis is a pejorative name, in Kurdish means stutterer and in Armenian dumb.[1]Arkiverad 4 april 2008 hämtat från the Wayback Machine. - Ivan Nasidze, Dominique Quinque, Murat Ozturk, Nina Bendukidze och Mark Stoneking, "MtDNA and Y-chromosome Variation in Kurdish Groups", Annals of Human Genetics, July 2005, Volume 69 Page 401. Abstract accessed online 15 november2006.
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A scientific fact like that contradicts the theory of Zazas being Daylamites and strengthens the argument that Zazas are Kurds, despite linguistic differences. + According to Encyclopedia Iranica the Dimilis are apparently remanants of waves of Deylami tribes of northern Iran who about 12th century AD left their homeland and took refuge in Kurdish mountains. The name Zaza which is sometimes used by Kurds and Armenians to refer to Dimilis is a pejorative name, in Kurdish means stutterer and in Armenian dumb.[1]Arkiverad 4 april 2008 hämtat från the Wayback Machine. - Ivan Nasidze, Dominique Quinque, Murat Ozturk, Nina Bendukidze och Mark Stoneking, "MtDNA and Y-chromosome Variation in Kurdish Groups", Annals of Human Genetics, July 2005, Volume 69 Page 401. Abstract accessed online 15 november2006.
