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Yazidis
Êzidî
Yazidis on the moontain o Shingal, Iraqi-Sirian border, 1920s.
Tot population
200,000-300,000[1][2][3]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
 Iraq650,000[4]
 Germany550,000[5][6][7]
 Sirie70,000[8][9]
 Roushie60,586[10]
 Armenie35,272 (2011 census)[11]
 Georgie30,843[12]
 Netherlands10,000
 Swaden7,000[7]
Scripturs
Yazidi Beuk o Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe)
Yazidi Black Beuk (Mishefa Reş)
Leids
Kurmanji (Laitin script)[13][14][15]
Yazidism
TeepSyncretic
ClessificationYazdânism

The Yazidis (an aa Yezidi, Êzidî) are a Kurdish[16][17][18] releegious commonty[19]. Thair syncretic tradeetional releegion Yazidism (a kin o Yazdânism) is airtit tae Zoroastrianism an auncient Mesopotamian releegions; housamever, Yazidis form a distinct an independent releegious commonty an hae thair ain cultur.[20][21][22]

References

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  1. Allison, Christine (20 Februar 2004). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 20 August 2010. There are probably some 200,000-300,000 Yazidis worldwide.
  2. "Yezidi". Adherents.com. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2008. Cites estimates between 100,000 and 700,000.
  3. "Deadly Iraq sect attacks kill 200". BBC News. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2008.
  4. Iraq Yezidis: A Religious and Ethnic Minority Group Faces Repression and Assimilation Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, aina.org, September 25, 2005.
  5. Jakob, Christian. "Jesiden in Deutschland: Das Trauma der Vorfahren". taz. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. Hür, Kemal. "Die Religion der Yeziden". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. a b Megalommatis, Muhammad Shamsaddin (28 Februar 2010). "Dispersion of the Yazidi Nation in Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Europe: Call for UN Action". American Chronicle. Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  8. "Yazidi in Syria Between acceptance and marginalization" (PDF). KurdWatch. kurdwatch.org. p. 4. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 7 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2014.
  9. Andrea Glioti (18 October 2013). "Yazidis Benefit From Kurdish Gains in Northeast Syria". al-monitor. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2014.
  10. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 г. Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации". Demoscope. Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  11. "2011 Armenian census" (PDF). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  12. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Georgia_Census_2002-_Ethnic_group_by_major_administrative-territorial_units.pdf
  13. "What language do the Yazidis speak?". ШколаЖизни. 4 Juin 2012. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2015.
  14. The Yezidis1 are a heterodox Kurdish-speaking community]
  15. Religion in Kurdistan
  16. Iraklii CHIKHLADZE, Giga CHIKHLADZE THE YEZIDI KURDS AND ASSYRIANS OF GEORGIA: THE PROBLEM OF DIASPORAS AND INTEGRATION INTO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; ca-c.org; accessed June 11, 2015.
  17. David Szakonyi Ethnic Mobilization in Post-Soviet Georgia: The Case of the Yezidi-Kurds Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, ecmi.de; accessed June 11, 2015.
  18. Carole A.O'Leary THE KURDS OF IRAQ:RECENT HISTORY, FUTURE PROSPECTS Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  19. YAZIDIS i. GENERAL, iranicaonline.org; accessed June 11, 2015.
  20. Palmer, Michael D.; Burgess, Stanley M. (12 Mairch 2012). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. John Wiley & Sons. p. 405. ISBN 9781444355369. Retrieved 25 Februar 2014.
  21. "Background: the Yezidi". The Guardian. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  22. "Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis?". BBC World News. Retrieved 8 August 2014.