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 from the Muslim lands, most speakers now live in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, principally
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
and surrounding villages.
See also
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Aramaic alphabet
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Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic
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Jewish languages
References
Bibliography
* Avenery, Iddo, ''The Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Zakho''. The Israel academy of Science and Humanities 1988.
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Heinrichs, Wolfhart (ed.) (1990). ''Studies in Neo-Aramaic''. Scholars Press: Atlanta, Georgia. .
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Maclean, Arthur John (1895). ''Grammar of the dialects of vernacular Syriac: as spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, north-west Persia, and the Plain of Mosul: with notices of the vernacular of the Jews of Azerbaijan and of Zakhu near Mosul''. Cambridge University Press, London.
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External links
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Endangered Afroasiatic languages
Languages of Iraq
Languages of Israel
Jewish Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects
Languages of Kurdistan