Jilu dialect

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The Jilu dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Jilu region in the Hakkari mountains of southeastern Turkey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jilu dialect canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect
dialect
associatedPeople Assyrians from Jilu
linked to: Assyrians
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East
classification North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
country Turkey
diasporaSpeakersIn Europe
Iraq
Syria
United States
ethnicGroup Assyrians
hasSpeakersIn Assyrian diaspora communities
historicalRegion Hakkari mountains
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

Ottoman Empire
ISO639-3 aii (macrolanguage: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic)
languageBranch Northern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages
Aramaic languages
Semitic languages
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language

Turkish
linked to: Turkish language
lexicalSource Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
morphologicalFeature use of Aramaic-derived verbal prefixes
originatesFrom Jilu district in Hakkari
partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
phonologicalFeature retention of emphatic consonants typical of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
region Hakkari Province
linked to: Hakkari region

Jilu
linked to: Zhili province
relatedTo Baz dialect
Gawar dialect
Nochiya dialect
Tyari dialect
Urmia dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Urmia dialect
religiousUse Assyrian Christian liturgical and communal life
scriptDirection left-to-right (Latin script)
right-to-left (Syriac script)
spokenIn Hakkari mountains
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

Jilu region
linked to: Zhili province

southeastern Turkey
status endangered
subclassOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect
Neo-Aramaic dialect
traditionalSpeakers Assyrian communities
linked to: Assyrians
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Syriac script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic hasDialect Jilu dialect
Urmia dialect closelyRelatedTo Jilu dialect
Salamas dialect closelyRelatedTo Jilu dialect
Gawar dialect relatedTo Jilu dialect
Suret hasDialect Jilu dialect
Barwar dialect closelyRelatedTo Jilu dialect
Hakkari dialect relatedTo Jilu dialect