Shabaki language
| Shabaki | |
|---|---|
| شەبەکی | |
| Native to | Iraq |
| Region | Mosul |
| Ethnicity | Shabaks |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2018)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sdb |
| Glottolog | shab1251 |
Shabaki is an
Kurdish dialect", although the Kurdish languages form an independent group within the Northwestern Iranian languages. Shabaki is a distinct language.[8][9][10] It also has elements of 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 Northwestern Iranian branch
.
Shabaki is a language in its own right and not a spoken dialect of any other language, with its own vocabulary and pronunciations, despite the fact that words from many other languages have entered into it as a result of the geographical nearness to other ethnic tribes.[14]
Status
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.[15]
Comparison
Pronouns
| Shabaki | Zazaki | Southern Kurdish | Sorani | Kurmanji | Hewrami | Persian | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emin-em | ez, min | mi/min | min | ez, min | emin, min | mən | I, me, mine, my |
| etu | ti, to | tu/tû | to | tu, te | eto, to | to, tu | thou, thee, thine |
| ew, îna | a, o | ew/ewe | ew | ew, wî, wê | ew | û | s/he, his, hers, him, her |
| hima-alama-gişt | ma | îme | ême | em, me | ma | ma | we, our |
| işma | şima | îwe | êwe | hûn, we | şima | şuma | you, your |
| işan | înu, înan | ewan/ewane | ewan | ewan, wan | ade | anha | they, them, their |
Vocabulary
| Shabaki | Zazaki | Southern Kurdish | Sorani Kurdish | Kurmanji Kurdish | Hewrami | Persian | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| çam | çim | çem/çew | çaw | çav | cem | çəşm/çişm | eye |
| ziwan | ziwan | ziwan | ziman | ziman | ziwan | zəban | tongue, language |
Literature
- Dr. Sultan, Abbas Hassan Jassim (University of Kufa, Iraq)
- Shabaki - English Dictionary or here as PDF (2016)
- An Account of Light verb constructions in Shabaki (Vol. 5 2011, 2)
- An Account of Clitics in Shabaki with Reference to Wackernagel's Law (2014)
- Serial verb constructions in Shabaki
- Reciprocal Pronouns in Shabaki (Vol. 4 2010, 1)
- Causatives in Shabaki (Vol. 4 2010, 2)
- An Account of Epistemic Modality in Shabaki
- The truth conditional content of evidentials in Shabaki
- Evidentials in Shabaki
- Shabaki alphabets or here as Slideshow
- E. K. Brown, R. E. Asher, J. M. Y. Simpson (Elsevier, 2006)
References
- ^ Shabaki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ a b "Zaza-Gorani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ ISBN 9783110196313.
- ISBN 9781480834033.
- ^ ISBN 9781538110508.
- ^ Abd al-Jabbar, Falih. Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues: state, religion, and social movements in Iraq. University of Virginia 2008.
- ^ Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire
- ISBN 9783990403549.
- ISBN 9781841624884.
- ^ al-Lami, Mina (2014-07-21). "Iraq: The minorities of Nineveh". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- ^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ Ethnologue about Shabaki
- ^ "Shabak - Minority Rights Group". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ^ Glenewinkel, Klaas. "The Shabak - A Brief Overview". Niqash. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ "International Mother Language Day in Karbala, Iraq - Telegram7". Telegram7. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
