Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barzani

Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
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Native toKurdistan
RegionJerusalem, originally from Bijil in Iraq
Native speakers
20 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bjf
Glottologbarz1241
ELPCentral Jewish Neo-Aramaic

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 Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan.[2] The native name of the language is Lishanid Janan, which means 'our language', and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan, Lishanid Noshan).[3][4][5][6] [7][8]

It is nearly extinct, with only about 20 elderly speakers in 2004.[6]

  1. ^ Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Sabar, Ariel (2008-09-16). My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN 978-1-56512-490-5.
  3. ^ Sabar, Y. (1984). "The Arabic Elements in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Texts of Nerwa and ʿAmādıya, Iraqi Kurdistan". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 104 (1): 201–211. doi:10.2307/602651. JSTOR 602651.
  4. ^ MUTZAFI, H. (2002). "Barzani jewish neo-aramaic and its dialects". Mediterranean Language Review. 14: 41–70.
  5. ^ Mutzafi, H. (2008). "Trans-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 71 (3): 409–431. doi:10.1017/S0041977X08000815. S2CID 162155580.
  6. ^ a b MUTZAFI, H. (2004). "Two texts in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 67 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1017/s0041977x04000011. S2CID 162990434.
  7. ^ Sabar, Yona (September 1974). "Nursery Rhymes and Baby Words in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho (Iraq)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 94 (3). American Oriental Society: 329–336. doi:10.2307/600067. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 600067.
  8. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2004-05-15). Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Salabja [Halabja], The. Brill. ISBN 90-04-13869-2.