| Lishán Didán | |
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| Pronunciation | [liˈʃan diˈdan] [liˈʃanan] |
| Native to | Israel, United States; originally Iran, Turkey; briefly Azerbaijan, Georgia (country) |
| Region | Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, New York, Los Angeles; originally from Iranian Azerbaijan |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | trg |
| Glottolog | lish1246 |
| ELP | Jewish Azerbaijani Neo-Aramaic |
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 Azerbaijan from Salmas to Solduz and into what is now Yüksekova, Hakkâri and Başkale, Van Province in eastern Turkey.[2] Most speakers now live in Israel.