Suryoyo

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Suryoyo is a modern Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Syriac Orthodox communities from the Tur Abdin region and surrounding areas in the Middle East.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Suryoyo canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Aramaic language
modern Aramaic language
vernacular language
alternativeName Surayt (in some scholarly sources)
linked to: Surayt

Syriac Neo-Aramaic (vernacular)
associatedEthnicity Assyrians (Syriac Orthodox)
linked to: الآشوريين

Syriacs
closelyRelatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Turoyo
endangeredStatus endangered language
hasDialect Turoyo dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature grammatical gender
root-and-pattern morphology
state distinctions in nouns
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
guttural consonants
hasSyntacticFeature subject–verb–object word order (also used)
verb–subject–object word order (common)
ISOStatus often grouped under Turoyo or Syriac Neo-Aramaic in classifications
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages
Aramaic languages
Semitic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

Kurdish
Turkish
regionOfOrigin Tur Abdin
Upper Mesopotamia
religiousRegister Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
spokenIn Middle East
Northern Iraq
linked to: northern Iraq

Southeastern Turkey
linked to: southeastern Turkey

Tur Abdin
Turkey
subclassOf Central Neo-Aramaic language
traditionalCommunity Syriac Orthodox Christians
Syriac Orthodox Church
usedBy Syriac diaspora communities
usedFor everyday communication
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn Syriac Orthodox liturgical life (informally)
writingSystem Estrangela script
Madnhaya script
Serto script
Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

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

Turoyo alternativeName Suryoyo
Surayt alternativeName Suryoyo