Shabaki is a Northwestern Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. The Shabaki language is spoken by the Shabak people in the Mosul region of northern Iraq.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 Although classified as a distinct Northwestern Iranian language, the language has been influenced by the Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages.
Status Shabaki is an endangered language. The Shabak people fear the demise of the Shabaki language especially after the occupation of 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.
Speakers Despite widespread displacement, the Shabaki speakers remain concentrated in localized clusters, specifically within the villages of Ali Rach, Khazna, Talara, and Yangijain in the Nineveh Governorate. The number of speakers of Shabaki was estimated in 1989 to be between 10,000 and 20,000.Ethnologue about Shabaki Subsequently, the number of native speakers of the language is estimated to be approximately 250,000.
Classification Glottolog classifies the Shabak language as a Northwestern Iranian language belonging to the Shabaki-Bajelani subgroup of the Gorani group. The language consists of two dialects; Chabak and Sarli. On the other hand, some sources classifies it as a subdialect of the Gorani language alongside with Hewrami, Sarli, and Bajalani. The language exhibits significant grammatical affinities with other languages and dialects of the Gorani group such as Bajelani, Sarli, Hewrami, Kakai.
Comparison Pronouns ShabakiHewramiSouthern KurdishSorani KurdishKurmanji KurdishZazaPersianEnglish emin, ememin, minmi, minminez, minez, minmənI, me, mine, my etu eto, totu, tûtotu, teti, toto, tuthou, thee, thine ew, înaewew, eweewew, wî, wêa, oû s/he, his, hers, him, her hima, alama, gişt maîmeêmeem, memamawe, our işmaşimaîweêwehûn, weşimaşumayou, your işanadeewan, ewaneewanewan, wanînu, înananhathey, them, their
Vocabulary ShabakiHewramiSouthern KurdishSorani KurdishKurmanji KurdishZazaPersianEnglish çamcemçem, çewçawçavçimçəşm, çişmeye ziwanziwanziwanzimanzimanziwanzəbantongue, language
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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) Encyclopedia of language & linguistics, Band 2
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