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The Yazidis, or Yezidis (/jəˈziËdiËz/ (About this sound listen) yÉ™-ZEE-deez) (Kurmanji Kurdish: Êzidî, IPA: [eËzɪˈdiË]), are a mostly Kurmanji speaking religious minority[20][21][22][23][24][25], indigenous to a region of northern Mesopotamia (known natively as Ezidkhan) who are strictly endogamous.[26] Some of them identify themselves as ethnic Kurds and some of them as a distinct ethno-religious group.[27][28] However in Iraq and Armenia they are recognized as a distinct ethnic group.[29][30] Many Yazidis consider Yazidism both an ethnic and a religious identity.[31] Their religion, Yazidism, is monotheistic and combines aspects of several monotheistic religions: Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis