Ahmet Canpolat (Darmstadt), Kırmancki/Zazaki teacher for over 20 years.

Mehmet Dogan (Cologne), has published a handbook for spelling in Kırmancki/Zazaki.

Ali Gültekin (Stockholm), has been working on Kırmancki/Zazaki since the mid-1990s and has published on the language.

Yasar Kaya (Bochum), head of the Dersim 1937-38 Oral History Project at the DKG since 2011.

Imdat Yıldız (Darmstadt), state-recognised translator. He has developed a Kırmancki/Zazaki alphabet. Imdat Yildiz has published around 20 books and several magazines in Kırmancki/Zazaki.

Kemal Yıldız (Dersim), experienced translator (Kırmancki/Zazaki – Turkish).