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| Name | Zazaki |
| States | Turkey |
| Region | Main in Tunceli, Bingol, Erzincan, Sivas, Elazig, Malatya Gümüşhane Province, Şanlıurfa Province, and Adıyaman Province, diasporic in Mutki, Sarız, Aksaray, and Taraz |
| Script | Latin alphabet |
| Speakers | About 1.5 - 2.5 million in Turkey, unknown numbers elsewhere |
| Ethnicity | Zaza |
| Familycolor | Indo-European |
| Fam2 | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3 | Iranian languages |
| Fam4 | Western |
| Fam5 | Northwestern |
| Fam6 | Zaza-Gorani |
| Iso2 | zza|lingua=58-AAA-ba |
| Lc1 | zza|ld1=Zazaki (generic)|ll1=none |
| Lc2 | diq|ld2=Dimli (Southern Zazaki)|ll2=Dimli |
| Lc3 | kiu|ld3=Kirmanjki (Northern Zazaki)|ll3=Kirmanjki |
| Mapcaption | The regions where Zazaki is spoken in Turkey. (With three main dialect areas; Dersim, Palu-Bingol, and Siverek), diasporic in Kars, Sarız, Aksaray, and Taraz) |
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Zazaki (or Kirmanjki, Kirdki, Dimilki) is an Indo-European language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey. According to Ethnologue, the language is a part of the northwestern group of the Iranian section of the Indo-European family. Zazaki shares many features, structures, and vocabulary with Gorani, Talyshi and other Caspian languages, and Kurdish languages. According to Ethnologue (which cites [Paul 1998]), the number of speakers is between 1.5 and 2.5 million (including all dialects). According to Asatrian (1995): "The total population of Dimlīs (Zazas) at present is unknown, but it can be estimated at 3-4 million". According to Nevins, the number of Zazaki speakers is between 2 and 4 million.
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