Did you know Jewish Azerbaijani Neo-Aramaic is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lishán Didán, Lishanán, لشان ددان, Neo-Aramaic (Persian Azerbaijan), Lishanid Nash Didán, Persian Azerbaijan Jewish Aramaic, Lakhlokhi, Galihalu, לשן דידן, Lišān Didān, לשנן, Lišānān
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		trg
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Birdug Naghada Salmas Ṣablagh (Jewish) Urmi
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,450
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
4,230 in Israel (2001). Population total all countries: 4,450.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Azerbaijan; Georgia; Israel; Iran;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<5,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
For want of a census of the population in Persia no exact data are available on the number of the speakers of the dialect; it can be assumed that at no time it exceeded 5,000.

DATE OF INFO: 1957-1959

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Persia; Iraq; Palestine; Israel

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: At the time of writing most of the speakers were living in Israel.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide

Scripts (Writing system): Hebrew, with vocalizations.

PLACES: Northwestern Iran; Israel

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The majority of the Jewish community left the town in the 1950s and settled in the State of Israel.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,378
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Natural attrition and the heavy impact of Israeli Hebrew have taken their toll to such an extent that in half a generation from now many of these dialects will be gone forever.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hebrew
Arabic
Turkish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Almost all forms of Neo-Aramaic now spoken in Israel are fraught with Hebrew intrusions, especially in the lexicon.

PLACES: Israel, Persian Azerbaijan

	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	4,450	2001	1000-9999	4,230 in Israel (2001). Population total all countries: 4,450.				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Azerbaijan; Georgia; Israel; Iran;
		2013	Personal Communication								Charles Häberl	Charles Häberl. 2013. "Personal Communication."													38.1150, 44.4555
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	4,000		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				32.0383,34.7827
Janua linguarum: Series practica		1965	The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Persian Azerbaijan			Mouton de Gruyter		3			Irene Garbell	Garbell, Irene. 1965. "The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Persian Azerbaijan." 3: Mouton de Gruyter.	HHOLD	<5,000	1957-1959	1000-9999	For want of a census of the population in Persia no exact data are available on the number of the speakers of the dialect; it can be assumed that at no time it exceeded 5,000.	Azeri Turkish; Kurdish; Persian		All	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Persia; Iraq; Palestine; Israel	At the time of writing most of the speakers were living in Israel.
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		4,378		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		1989	A Tale in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Naghada (Persian Azerbaijan)	243-281			Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam	12			Simon Hopkins	Simon Hopkins. 1989. "A Tale in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Naghada (Persian Azerbaijan)." In Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 12: 243-281.						Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish	Almost all forms of Neo-Aramaic now spoken in Israel are fraught with Hebrew intrusions, especially in the lexicon.	almost all		Natural attrition and the heavy impact of Israeli Hebrew have taken their toll to such an extent that in half a generation from now many of these dialects will be gone forever.	Israel, Persian Azerbaijan
		2008	The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Urmi			Gorgias Press			Piscataway, NJ		Geoffrey Khan	Geoffrey Khan. 2008. "The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Urmi." Gorgias Press.											Northwestern Iran; Israel	The majority of the Jewish community left the town in the 1950s and settled in the State of Israel.

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,450

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,378

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Jewish Azerbaijani Neo-Aramaic

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,450

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,378

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