Also Known As:
Lishanid Noshan, Neo-Aramaic (Arbel Jewish), Lishana Didán, Hulani, Kurdit, Galigalu, Jbeli
Dialects & Varieties
- Arbīl (aka Arbel
- Arwīl)
- Dobe
- Ḥalabja
- Koy Sanjaq
- Sardasht
- Sulemaniyya
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Mutzafi, Hezy. 2004. "The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq (Iraqi Kurdistan)." 32: Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Iraqi Kurdistan; Israel
Location Description
Today (2003), 52 years after their immigration to Israel, most of the Koyne live in the cooperative villages of Shtula, Elqosh (both in Galilee) and Noga (in the Negev); and in the towns of Nahariyya, Ashqelon, Ashdod, and Bat-Yam.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Kurdish; Hebrew
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
linguistic history, linguistic evolution, history of subordination (syntax), masculine plural suffix
grammar and phonological evolution of Arbel dialect.
Two elderly Kurdistan Iranian Jews conversing in Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic.