Bajelani

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A language of Iraq

ISO 639-3
bjm
Alternate Names
Bajalani, Bajoran, Bejwan, Chichamachu, Gurani
User Population

69,400 (2020).

Location

Ninawa governorate: Bin Qudra, Qasr-e Shirin, Quratu, Zohâb, north of Khanaqin; Kurdish areas.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Zaza-Gorani
Dialects

In the Gurani and Zaza group. Closely related to other Gurani varieties, such as Shabak, Sarli (less closely to Zaza dialects). Contact with Kurdish.

Language Use

Shifting to Northern Kurdish [kmr].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bajelani
Other Comments

Many displaced since late 1980s. Muslim.