Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic language spoken primarily by Assyrian communities in the Middle East and the global diaspora.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Eastern Neo-Aramaic language
Semitic language
modern Aramaic language
alternativeName Assyrians
surface form: Assyrian

Suret
Sureth
Syriac (modern)
ancestorLanguage Syriac
surface form: Classical Syriac

Aramaic
surface form: Middle Aramaic

Aramaic
surface form: Old Aramaic
closelyRelatedTo Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Suret
Turoyo
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottocode assy1241
hasDialect Barwar dialect
Baz dialect
Gawar dialect
Jilu dialect
Nochiya dialect
Qochanis dialect
Salamas dialect
Tyari dialect
Urmia dialect
iso639-3Code aii
languageFamily Afroasiatic
religiousUse Assyrian Church of the East
surface form: Ancient Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
scriptVariant East Syriac script
surface form: Madnhāyā (Eastern Syriac) script
spokenBy Syriacs
surface form: Assyrian Christians

Assyrians
spokenIn Armenia
Assyrians
surface form: Assyrian diaspora

Australia
Germany
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Russia
Sweden
Syria
Turkey
United States of America
surface form: United States
subfamilyOf Aramaic
Eastern Aramaic
Neo-Aramaic languages
surface form: Neo-Aramaic

Semitic languages
usedFor daily communication
education in some Assyrian schools
liturgical purposes
media and broadcasting
writingSystem Syriac alphabet
Syriac alphabet
surface form: Syriac script

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

Assyrians traditionalLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Middle Eastern American languageUsed Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Aramaic hasDialects Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Iranian American language Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
subject surface form: Iranian Americans
East Syriac script hasVariant Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic orthography
Sūrāyē usedInDialect Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Sūrāyē modernSpokenLanguagesInclude Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Āṯūrāyē usedInLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Sureth (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic)
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic closelyRelatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Western Neo-Aramaic distinctFrom Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Eastern Aramaic hasPart Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Neo-Aramaic languages includes Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Syriacs modernSpokenVarieties Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Hasakah majorLanguageSpoken Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Iranian diaspora language Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
West Azerbaijan Province hasLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Urmia languageUsed Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Duhok hasLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Urmia dialect subclassOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Urmia dialect partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum
Salamas dialect subclassOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Salamas dialect partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum
Salamas dialect alternativeName Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Salamas Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Tyari dialect subdivisionOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Tyari dialect distinctFrom Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Iraqi Koine Assyrian
Jilu dialect partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Jilu dialect languageBranch Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Northern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Nochiya dialect subclassOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Nochiya dialect alternativeName Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Nochiya Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Gawar dialect subclassOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Gawar dialect partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum
Qochanis dialect partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Suret alsoKnownAs Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Suret hasDialect Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
this entity surface form: Iraqi Koine Assyrian
Sureth alternativeName Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Barwar dialect subclassOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic