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Hello, welcome.

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My name is Cemre Ömer, and now I want to[br]talk about my life in our language.

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I was born in 1999 in Diyarbakır.

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My father’s family is from the town of [br]Piran, but we have lived in the city.

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My mother is from Adana.

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We lived in Diyarbakır for 13 years, and [br]then I went to Istanbul for education.

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I finished high school there. When I was [br]in high school, my family moved to Alanya.

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Now I am in my house, in Alanya.[br]I am staying with my mother.

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But I am still studying at Koç University [br]in Istanbul.

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I am studying electronics engineering.

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I am a senior, and I hope I am going to[br]graduate this year. I mean we will see.

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I learned Zazaki from my grandpa.

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My grandmom is a Kurmanj, she understands [br]Zazaki but does not speak it.

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My father and my aunts too can’t speak [br]Zazaki at all.

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My mother is a Turk. Unfortunately, she [br]knows neither Kurmanji nor Zazaki.

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My grandpa really wished me to know this[br]language. For this reason, he taught me it.

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And he is speaking with me in our [br]language every time.

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I know Kurmanji too, and I know it well.[br]I can talk with my friends.

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I write and read it well.

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But the value of our language to me[br]is higher.

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Because I know that there are not many [br]people using this language.

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For this reason, I am working a lot for [br]our language.

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Sometimes I translate stories, [br]sometimes I give lessons to my friends,

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and now I am talking to you.

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And so.

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I want this language to not die.

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I don’t know if we can change something.

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We will see.

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Sometimes I go to Diyarbakır. There are [br]not many relatives and friends left there.

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That is right, not a lie, that city is [br]my home.

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Of course, I miss that place.

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My grandpa, my grandma, one of my aunts [br]still live in Diyarbakır.

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My mother’s sister is also working there.[br]She lives alone.

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Sometimes, in holidays and festivals, she [br]comes to Alanya and sees her family.

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My grandpa has a garden in Diyarbakır.[br]There are various plants there.

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My grandpa plants tomatoes, cucumbers,

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grapes, berries, eggplants, peppers, [br]melons, and watermelons.

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There are many fruits and vegetables.

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He has also animals, he has hens and [br]a sheep.

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I mean, the place they live in is [br]beautiful.

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My father does not stay with us.[br]He is a psychologist.

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He is a lecturer at Dicle University in Diyarbakır, [br]he also gives therapy in his place.

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My mother does not work. She is a housewife.

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She is in Alanya, as I said.

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She lives with my sister in Alanya.

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My sister is beginning high school this year.

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That is all about my family. [br]Now I will talk about myself.

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In my free time, I read books. [br]I really like philosophical writings.

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I learned Latin and German.

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Now I am reading Cicero’s book, its name [br]is Tusculanae Disputationes,

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in English, it is called Tusculan [br]Disputations.

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On Saturdays, I take erbane (daf) [br]lessons.

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Erbane is a musical instrument.

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It is a percussion instrument, you hit it [br]like a drum, like that.

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My speech is done, I mean it is enough.

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Thank you all for listening.

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I bid you all farewell. [br]Take care of yourself.