Shabak

A language of Iraq

ISO 639: sdb
Population: 250,000 (2018).
Location:: Ninawa governorate: Ali Rach, Khazna, Talara, and Yangija villages north of Mosul; many displaced since 1980s.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Zaza-Gorani
Dialects: None known. In the Gurani [hac] (Gorani) and Zaza group.
Language Use: Many shifting to North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic [ayp]. Many shifting to Northern Kurdish [kmr].
Other Comments: Muslim.

Location: Ninawa governorate: Ali Rach, Khazna, Talara, and Yangija villages north of Mosul; many displaced since 1980s.