Kirmanjki

E837223

Iranian language Northwestern Iranian language variety Zaza–Gorani language dialect

Kirmanjki is a Northwestern Iranian language variety, often considered a dialect of Zaza (Dimlî), spoken primarily by Kurdish communities in eastern Turkey.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kirmanjki canonical	2
Kırmancki	1
Northern Kirmanjki	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10039079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kirmanjki
Context triple: [Dimlî, hasAlternativeName, Kirmanjki]

A. Kocani
Kocani is a town in eastern North Macedonia known for its rice production and geothermal springs.
B. Karpniki
Karpniki is a village in southwestern Poland known for its historic palace complex and scenic location at the foot of the Karkonosze Mountains.
C. Loznica
Loznica is a town in western Serbia near the Drina River, known as a regional center with historical and cultural significance.
D. Kamenitsa
Kamenitsa is a prominent mountain peak in Bulgaria’s Pirin range, known for its rugged alpine terrain and scenic hiking routes.
E. Kapesovo
Kapesovo is a traditional stone-built village in the Zagori region of Epirus, Greece, known for its preserved architecture and scenic mountainous setting.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kirmanjki
Target entity description: Kirmanjki is a Northwestern Iranian language variety, often considered a dialect of Zaza (Dimlî), spoken primarily by Kurdish communities in eastern Turkey.

A. Kocani
Kocani is a town in eastern North Macedonia known for its rice production and geothermal springs.
B. Karpniki
Karpniki is a village in southwestern Poland known for its historic palace complex and scenic location at the foot of the Karkonosze Mountains.
C. Loznica
Loznica is a town in western Serbia near the Drina River, known as a regional center with historical and cultural significance.
D. Kamenitsa
Kamenitsa is a prominent mountain peak in Bulgaria’s Pirin range, known for its rugged alpine terrain and scenic hiking routes.
E. Kapesovo
Kapesovo is a traditional stone-built village in the Zagori region of Epirus, Greece, known for its preserved architecture and scenic mountainous setting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian language ⓘ Northwestern Iranian language variety ⓘ Zaza–Gorani language ⓘ dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Southern Zazaki ⓘ
distinctFrom	Kurmanji ⓘ Sorani ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
glottocode	kirm1242 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kırdki ⓘ Kırmancki ⓘ linked to: Kirmanjki Northern Zazaki ⓘ linked to: Zazaki Zazakî (Northern variety) ⓘ
hasDialect	Northern Kirmanjki ⓘ linked to: Kirmanjki Southern Kirmanjki ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Persian ⓘ linked to: Persian language Turkish ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	ergative alignment ⓘ split-ergativity ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	vowel harmony absence ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	SOV word order ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	kiu ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European ⓘ linked to: Indo-European language family Indo-Iranian ⓘ
linguisticClassificationDebatedBy	Iranian linguists ⓘ Kurdologists ⓘ
partOf	Western Zaza ⓘ linked to: Zaza
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn	Turkey (de facto, limited contexts) ⓘ linked to: Turkey
region	Bingöl Province ⓘ Elazığ Province ⓘ Erzincan Province ⓘ Sivas Province ⓘ Tunceli Province ⓘ
spokenBy	Kurdish communities ⓘ Zaza Kurds ⓘ linked to: Zaza Dimlî
spokenIn	Turkey ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn	eastern Turkey ⓘ
subclassOf	Dimlî ⓘ Zaza language ⓘ
usedByReligiousCommunity	Alevi Kurds ⓘ linked to: Alevism
usedIn	folk music ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dimlî → hasAlternativeName → Kirmanjki ⓘ

Zaza Dimlî → hasAlternativeName → Kirmanjki ⓘ

Kirmanjki → hasDialect → Northern Kirmanjki ⓘ

linked to: Kirmanjki

Kirmanjki → hasAlternativeName → Kırmancki ⓘ