Shabaki dialect

Shabaki
شەبەکی
Native to	Iraq
Region	Mosul
Native speakers	unknown (10,000–20,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern I Zaza–Gorani Gorani Shabaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sdb
Glottolog	shab1251

Shabaki is a dialect of the Indo-Iranian language Gorani spoken by the Shabak people in Mosul, Iraq. The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.

Similarities with other languages

As Shabaki belongs the Zaza–Gorani group it is most similar to languages such as Gorani (Hewrami) dialects and Zazaki. Because Zaza–Gorani belongs to the Northwestern Iranian branch, it also has similarities to Kurdish languages:

Shabaki	Zazaki	Sorani Kurdish	Kurmanji Kurdish	Hewrami	English
çam	çim	çaw	çav	cem	eye
ziwan	ziwan	ziman	ziman	ziwan	tongue, language

Pronouns

Shabaki	Zazaki	Sorani	Kurmanji	Hewrami	English
emn-em	ez	min	ez, min	emin, min	I, me, mine, my
etu	to, tu	tu, to	tu, te	eto, to	thou, thee, thine
ew, îna	a, o	ew	ew, wî, wê	ew	s/he, his, hers, him, her
hima-alama-gişt	ma	ême	em, me	ma	we, our
işma	şima	êwe	hûn, we	şima	you, your
işan	înu, înan	ewan	ewana, wan	ade	they, them, their