Ethnic groups of the Middle East in the context of "Zazas"

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⭐ Core Definition: Ethnic groups of the Middle East

Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, and also comprising Egypt in North Africa. The Middle East has historically been a crossroad of different cultures and languages. Since the 1960s, the changes in political and economic factors (especially the enormous oil wealth in the region and conflicts) have significantly altered the ethnic composition of groups in the region. While some ethnic groups have been present in the region for millennia, others have arrived fairly recently through immigration. The largest ethnic groups in the region are Arabs, Turks, Persians, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis but there are dozens of other ethnic groups that have hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions of members.

Other indigenous, religious, or minority ethnic groups include: Antiochians, Armenians, Assyrians, Arameans in the Qalamoun Mountains, Baloch, Copts, Druze, Gilaks, Greeks (including Cypriots and Pontians), Jews, Kawliya, Laz, Lurs, Mandaeans, Maronites, Mazanderanis, Mhallami, Nawar, Samaritans, Shabaks, Talysh, Tats, Yazidis and Zazas.

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Ethnic groups of the Middle East in the context of Europeans

"European people" is an umbrella term for people who belong to any ethnic, racial, or national group with origins in Europe. Today, it primarily refers to people who are from Europe and reside in the continent, as well as the European diaspora. By extension, however, the term "European" may be applied to identify people in the context of demographics in certain countries outside of Europe—namely in the Americas and in Oceania—where people of European ancestry constitute the majority of the population while being part of a non-European national group. Additionally, any person who holds European Union citizenship may be identified as European in that particular context.

As of 2025, Europe's total population is estimated to be 744 million people, with nearly 87 million international migrants in 2020. Per a 2015 estimate, over 480 million people in countries outside of Europe have at least some European ancestry. Most indigenous Europeans are racially classified as White, which is also the most common term applied to people of European descent in non-European countries. Between the 18th and 20th centuries, a now-disproven race concept classified European people as part of the so-called Caucasian race, which broadly grouped together the populations of Europe, West Asia and North Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia. Although it is generally avoided in modern academic discourse, "Caucasian" is still used in official data for United States censuses to racially classify people whose ancestry or ethnicity is European, Middle Eastern, or North African.

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Altaic languages → Caucasian languages → Afroasiatic languages → Indo-European languages → Ethnolinguistic group → Geopolitics → West Asia → Cyprus → South Caucasus → North Africa → Middle East → Language → Energy in the Middle East → Immigration → Arabs → Turkish people → Persians → Kurds → Azerbaijanis → Indigenous peoples → Ethnoreligious group → Minority group → Ethnic group → Antiochian Greek Christians → Armenians → Assyrian people → Terms for Syriac Christians → Qalamoun Mountains → Baloch people → Copts → Druze → Gilaks → Greeks → Greek Cypriots → Pontic Greeks → Jews → Doms in Iraq → Laz people → Lurs → Mandaeans → Maronites → Mazanderani people → Mhallami → Nawar people → Samaritans → Shabaks → Talysh people → Tat people (Iran) → Yazidis → Zazas →