Abstract
Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is described as a variety of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic, with the largest concentration of speakers in the village of Barzan in northeastern Iraqi Kurdistan. The most salient peculiarities of Barzani Neo-Aramaic are listed. The several villages in which the dialect survives as the speech of a small number of families are identified. It is acknowledged, however, that Barzani today is one of the rarest Neo-Aramaic varieties & threatened with imminent extinction. A detailed description of Barzani Neo-Aramaic phonology & morphology is presented. 17 References. Z. Dubiel
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 41-70 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Mediterranean Language Review |
| Volume | 14 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Copulas
- Consonants
- Ales
- Nouns
- Articles
- Dialects
- Vowels
- Syllables
- Lexical stress
- Loan words
- Verbs
- Barzani Jewish Aramaic dialect
- Northeastern Neo-Aramaic language
- dialectology
- Jews -- Iraq -- Aqrah
- Jews -- Iraq -- Languages
- Syriac language, Modern
- Jews -- Kurdistan -- Languages
- Jews -- Iraq -- Barzan