Barwar

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Barwar is a village and surrounding region in northern Iraq historically inhabited by Assyrian communities who speak the Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barwar canonical 1
Barwari Šwaqa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region
village
associatedLanguageCode aii
associatedWithTribalStructure Assyrian tribal communities
borderRegionOf Turkey
category Assyrian villages in Iraq
Populated places in Dohuk Governorate
causeOfDisplacement conflict
persecution of Assyrians
christianDenominations Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
country Iraq
culturalRegionFor Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers
dialectGroup Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects
dialectSpoken Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic
ethnicGroup Assyrians
experiencedEvent Anfal campaign
linked to: Al-Anfal campaign

Assyrian genocide
First World War deportations of Assyrians
Iraqi–Kurdish conflicts
hasCommunity Barwar Assyrians in diaspora
hasDialectNamedAfter Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic
hasMinorityCommunities Kurdish population
hasOralTraditions Assyrian folk songs
Assyrian folktales
hasReligiousBuildings churches
hasTypeOfSettlement rural villages
historicalAffiliation Iraqi state
Ottoman Empire
historicalInhabitants Assyrians
languageFamily Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
locatedIn Dohuk Governorate
linked to: Duhok Governorate

Iraqi Kurdistan
Zakho District
linked to: Zakho

northern Iraq
near Hakkari region
partOf Assyrian homeland
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Zagros Mountains region
linked to: Zagros Mountains
populationHistorically Assyrian Christian villagers
regionType Assyrian historical region
religionHistoricallyPracticed Christianity
terrain mountainous
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
traditionalLanguage Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic
writingSystemHistoricallyUsed Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Barwar dialect region Barwar
Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan hasSubregion Barwari Šwaqa
linked to: Barwar