Jilu district in Hakkari

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Jilu district in Hakkari is a historical Assyrian-inhabited mountainous region in southeastern Turkey, known as the homeland of the Jilu tribal community and its distinct Neo-Aramaic dialect.

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Jilu district in Hakkari canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian-inhabited region
historical region
affectedBy Assyrian genocide
associatedClanOrTribe Jilu Assyrian tribe
linked to: Jilu tribe
associatedWith Assyrian tribal confederations of Hakkari
borderRegionOf Ottoman Empire–Persia frontier
country Turkey
culturalHeritage Assyrian tribal customs
Neo-Aramaic oral traditions
culturalRegionOf Assyrian highlands of Hakkari
linked to: Hakkari Mountains
currentCountrySubdivision Hakkari Province
linked to: Hakkâri
demographicChange mass displacement of Assyrian inhabitants in early 20th century
ethnolinguisticGroup Assyrian people
linked to: Assyrians
formerAdministrativeRelation Hakkari sanjak (Ottoman Empire)
hasDialectSpeakersDiasporaIn Iraq
Syria
Western countries
historicalConflict Ottoman–Assyrian conflicts during World War I
historicalEconomy pastoralism
subsistence agriculture
historicalEvent Assyrian genocide
historicalLanguageGroup Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum
historicalPeriodOfDepopulation World War I era
linked to: World War I
historicalPopulation Assyrian Christians
linked to: الآشوريين
historicalReligion East Syriac Christianity
linked to: East Syriac rite
historicalStatus semi-autonomous tribal district under Ottoman rule
knownFor Jilu tribal community
distinct Neo-Aramaic dialect
languageFamily Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
languageVariety Jilu Neo-Aramaic dialect
linked to: Jilu Neo-Aramaic
liturgicalLanguage Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
locatedIn Hakkari Province
linked to: Hakkâri

Tur Abdin and Hakkari highlands region
linked to: Hakkari region

southeastern Turkey
locatedInMountainRange Hakkari mountains
linked to: Hakkari Mountains
near modern Iran border
modern Iraq border
notableFeature remote and rugged topography
partOf historical Assyrian homeland
regionType highland region
religiousTradition Church of the East
terrain mountainous region
traditionalInhabitants Assyrians
Jilu tribe
tribalStructure Jilu tribe
vernacularLanguage Jilu Neo-Aramaic

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Jilu dialect originatesFrom Jilu district in Hakkari