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Shabaks
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<p>Shabaks are a group native to the <a href="/facts/Nineveh_Plains/EGaoR6nP">Nineveh Plains</a> in <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a>. Their origin is uncertain, although they are largely considered <a href="/facts/Kurds/kV90PCdW">Kurds</a> by scholars. They speak <a href="/facts/Shabaki/ypGtrlsP">Shabaki</a>, a branch of the <a href="/facts/Zaza%25E2%2580%2593Gorani_languages/kJICw3MY">Zaza–Gorani languages</a>, one of the main Kurdish variants alongside <a href="/facts/Kurdish_language/6LSckYAz">common Kurdish</a>. Shabaks largely follow <a href="/facts/Shia_Islam/JIQl7ooz">Shia Islam</a>, with smaller <a href="/facts/Sunni_Islam/WYo0zeq0">Sunni</a> and <a href="/facts/Yarsanism/c6Kpj0Xs">Yarsani</a> minorities. </p>