Western Neo-Aramaic (ܐܰܪܳܡܰܝ, arōmay), more commonly referred to as Siryon (ܣܪܝܘܢ, siryōn, "Syriac"), is a modern Western Aramaic language. Today, it...
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The Neo-Aramaic or Modern Aramaic languages are varieties of Aramaic that evolved during the late medieval and early modern periods, and continue to the...
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Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) is a grouping of related dialects of Neo-Aramaic spoken before World War I as a vernacular language by Jews and Assyrian...
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Maronites. All of the Western Aramaic dialects are considered extinct today, except for the modern variety Western Neo-Aramaic, which is still spoken...
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Near East, with the main Neo-Aramaic languages being Suret (~240,000 speakers) and Turoyo (~250,000 speakers). Western Neo-Aramaic (~3,000) persists in only...
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Central in reference to its geographical position between Western Neo-Aramaic and other Eastern Aramaic groups. Its linguistic homeland is located in northern...
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Eastern Aramaic. Numbers of fluent speakers range from approximately 575,000 to 1,000,000, with the main languages being Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (235,000...
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Suret language (redirect from Chaldean Neo-Aramaic)
varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by Christians, namely Assyrians. The various NENA dialects descend from Old Aramaic, the lingua franca in...
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Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near...
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Classical Syriac, which has a rich literary tradition in Syriac-Aramaic script, Western Neo-Aramaic was solely passed down orally for generations until 2006...
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Bohtan Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by ethnic Assyrians on the plain of Bohtan in the Ottoman Empire. Its speakers...
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by the use of Aramaic as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire and its successor states, the Neo-Babylonian Empire...
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Languages of Syria (redirect from Neo-Aramaic language in Syria)
language of various Syriac Christian denominations. Most remarkably, Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken in the village of Maaloula as well as two neighboring...
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Trans-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic, also known as Hulaulá (lit. 'Jewish'), is a grouping of related dialects of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by...
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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Jewish Western Aramaic was a Western Aramaic language spoken by the Jews during the Classic Era in Judea and the Levant...
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Judaeo-Aramaic languages represent a group of Hebrew-influenced Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic languages. Aramaic, like Hebrew, is a Northwest Semitic language...
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Turoyo language (category Neo-Aramaic languages)
Surayt (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken in the Tur Abdin region in southeastern...
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Maaloula (category Articles containing Western Neo-Aramaic-language text)
Maaloula (Arabic: مَعلُولَا; Western Neo-Aramaic: ܡܥܠܘܠܐ ,מעלולא, romanized: Maʿlūlā) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located...
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Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic, or Lishanid Noshan, is a modern Jewish-Aramaic dialect, a variant of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in...
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia, a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic, was originally spoken by Jews in Urmia and surrounding areas of Iranian...
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Syriac alphabet (redirect from Neo-Syriac alphabets)
century. The Serṭā variant specifically has been adapted to write Western Neo-Aramaic, previously written in the square Maalouli script, developed by George...
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Syriac language (redirect from Christian Neo-Aramaic)
Neo-Mandaic, another variety of Eastern Aramaic spoken by the Mandaeans. Modern Western Syriac (Central Neo-Aramaic), including (Turoyo and Mlahsô). During...
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Neo-Mandaic is more conservative even in these regards than most other Neo-Aramaic languages. Neo-Mandaic (ISO 639-3: mid) represents the latest stage of the development...
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Jubb'adin (category Articles containing Western Neo-Aramaic-language text)
Jubb'adin (Western Neo-Aramaic: ܓܦܥܘܕ - גפעוד Ġuppaʿōḏ lit. 'the well of Eden or the well of Audius', Arabic: جبعدين) is a village in southern Syria,...
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by Jews in Zakho, Iraq. Following the exodus of Jews...
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Saliba (name) (section Western neo-Aramaic roots)
Another theory, which is disputed and is without detail is the one of Western neo-Aramaic roots versus Spartan lineage. The general story goes as such: Before...
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the dialect continuum of Neo-Aramaic stretching from Turoyo to western Iran. Khan, G. (2007). "The North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects". Journal of Semitic...
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of both Jewish Neo-Aramaic languages and the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic languages in particular. In the 1940s, Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic was spoken by...
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Al-Sarkha (Bakhah) (category Articles containing Western Neo-Aramaic-language text)
Al-Sarkha, Bakhʽah or Bakh'a (Western Neo-Aramaic: ܒܟܥܐ - בכעא lit. 'to cry or to weep', Arabic: الصرخه or بخعة) is a former Syrian village in the Yabroud...
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Lebanese Aramaic, also referred to as Lebanese Syriac or Surien (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܢ), is an extinct or dormant Western Aramaic language. It was traditionally...
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