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Language of Shabaki
Shabaki is a language spoken by people in Mosul, Iraq. The language of Shabaki is a part of the northwestern group of Iran. Shabaki is a part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. The language is a part of the Zaza- Gorani group. Shabaki has many similarities with Gorani dialects, some examples being: Hewremi, Bajelani and Sarli. The language of Shabaki is written in Arabic and contains 28 letters.

History
Shabaki had around 10,000 to 20,000 speakers by the year of 1989. Currently numbers of speakers have flared to 250,000 speakers. However, after the occupation of the ISIS group in their territorial home of Nineveh Plain, this lead to the displacement of the majority of the population of Shabak people that resided in the area. Because of this speakers of Shabaki have become less and less due to fear of the organization.