TY - JOUR
T1 - Two Texts in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
AU - Mutzafi, Hezy
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this article I offer two versions of the Kurdistani folk-tale 'Khajo and Syabando' in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic, one of the rarest and most highly endangered modern Aramaic languages, spoken in Israel by no more than twenty elderly Jews from the regions of Barzan and ?Aqra in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three dialects of this language were discovered during the years 1996-2000: Barzan, Shahe and Bajil. The latter dialect is already extinct. The narratives that served for the texts were furnished by two speakers of the Barzan dialect. The texts are accompanied by observations related to etymology, comparative dialectology, vocabulary and various aspects of grammar.
AB - In this article I offer two versions of the Kurdistani folk-tale 'Khajo and Syabando' in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic, one of the rarest and most highly endangered modern Aramaic languages, spoken in Israel by no more than twenty elderly Jews from the regions of Barzan and ?Aqra in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three dialects of this language were discovered during the years 1996-2000: Barzan, Shahe and Bajil. The latter dialect is already extinct. The narratives that served for the texts were furnished by two speakers of the Barzan dialect. The texts are accompanied by observations related to etymology, comparative dialectology, vocabulary and various aspects of grammar.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0041977x04000011
DO - 10.1017/s0041977x04000011
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AN - SCOPUS:34248693021
SN - 0041-977X
VL - 67
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
JF - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
IS - 1
ER -