Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Zakho

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Neo-Aramaic_of_the_Jews_of_Zakho
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Zakho Jewish Neo-Aramaic
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endangeredStatus severely endangered
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Kurdish_Jews
gptkbp:glottologCode zakh1238
gptkbp:hasDialects none (considered a single dialect)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Zakho
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
Kurdish
gptkbp:ISO639-3 zdj
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Semitic
gptkb:Neo-Aramaic
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Yona_Sabar
gptkbp:notablePublication A Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dictionary: Dialects of Amidya, Dihok, Nerwa and Zakho by Yona Sabar
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers less than 5,000
gptkbp:region gptkb:Northern_Iraq
gptkb:Kurdistan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Barzani_Jewish_Neo-Aramaic
gptkb:Lishana_Deni
gptkb:Lishanid_Noshan
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Jews
gptkb:Zakho
gptkbp:status moribund
gptkbp:usedFor religious purposes
daily communication (historically)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Hebrew_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lishan_Didan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5