Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
[également appelé Sôreth, Hértevin, севернобохтанский язык]Classification : Afro-Asiatic
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Classification : Afro-Asiatic
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Note: This entry covers the entire group of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic languages spoken currently or formerly in the historical territory of Bohtan, including the variety known as Hértevin [hrt]. While there is considerable internal variation within this group, the degree of mutual intelligibility between varieties is unknown and unlikely to be discovered, as speakers are now very few and scattered across the world.
Sôreth, Hértevin, севернобохтанский язык, Hertevince |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic |
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bhn, hrt |
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Informations incomplètes “The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Bohtan” . Samuel Fox (2009) Gorgias Press
"The total number of speakers of the Bohtan dialect is very difficult to estimate but it is probably less than 500."
"The younger generations speak the language less, and less proficiently."
Russian
Azeri Turkish
Meskhetian Turkish
Swabian German
Kurdish
"A great degree of bi- and multilingualism characterizes practically all speakers of [Neo-Aramaic varieties, including Bohtan]. Certain features of the dialect betray contact with Arabic at some period in the past. [In Bohtan, they] did speak Kurdish, a language which has left a very strong imprint on the dialect. In Azerbaijan they learned a certain amount of the Swabian German of the founders of the villages where they lived, in addition to Russian and Azeri Turkish. Those who live in Krymsk frequently spoke Turkish with the members of the Meskhetian Turkish minority who were their neighbors there for some years. Currently, Russian is the only other language spoken by all Bohtan Assyrians."
"[Originally spoken] within the present-day Turkish province of Siirt, [in] the district of Bohtan... The Bohtan Assyrians now live mostly in two towns on the northern fringes of the Caucasus: Krymsk in the Krasnodarskiy Kray, and Novopavlovsk in the Stavropolskiy Kray. In general, the inhabitants of Ruma and Šwata settled in Ağstafa, from there moved to Gardabani, and now live in Novopavlovsk, while the inhabitants of Borb settled in Xanlar and now live in Krymsk... Only a very few Bohtan speakers live outside the former Soviet Union."
Informations incomplètes “Personal Communication” . Charles Häberl (2013)
Informations incomplètes “Der neuaramäische Dialekt von Hertevin (Provinz Siirt)” (XXV+234) . Jastrow, Otto (1988) Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
In 1970 the language was still intact. However everyone has since left.
Northeastern New Aramaic dialect(s)
Speakers are Syrian Orthodox Christians
Turkey, in Hertevin village, province of Siirt. Original groups were in Iran.
Informations incomplètes “Glottolog” .