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ALSO KNOWN AS		Judeo-Aramaic, Lishana Noshan, Lishana Axni, Jabali, Kurdit, Galiglu, 'Aramit, Hula Hula
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		huy
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bijar Bokan Kerend Qasr Shirin Sanandaj Saqiz Sainqala Tekab
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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~9,500
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Israel, Kurdistan

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,350
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
10,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 10,350.

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: USA; Iran; Israel;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
3,500 from Sulemaniyya ca. 1950, and about 120 households from Halabja, ca. 1940

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The towns of Sulemaniyya and Halabja, in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan in the foothills of the Hawraman Mountains

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,300
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The Jewish Sanandaj Neo-Aramaic dialect is extensively influenced by Kurdish and Persian (Farsi). Kurdish was spoken in and around the town of Sanandaj by the Muslim population. The Jews would have been exposed to Persian as an official language in schools and government administration.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: In 1952 about 1,000 (of 4,000) Jews emigrated to the newly founded State of Israel. Over the subsequent two decades there was a gradual emigration of the Jews from the town [of Sanandaj] either to Tehran or abroad, mostly to Israel. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 most of the remaining Jews left Sanandaj, the majority settling in Los Angeles in the USA and the remainder in Israel or Europe. Today only about half a dozen elderly Jews are reported to be still living in the town.

	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		10,350	1999	10000-99999	10,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 10,350.			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	USA; Iran; Israel;
		2013	Personal Communication							Charles Häberl	Charles Häberl. 2013. "Personal Communication."												34.1703,46.1432
		2004	The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja			Brill	Leiden			Geoffrey Khan	Geoffrey Khan. 2004. "The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja." Brill.		3,500 from Sulemaniyya ca. 1950, and about 120 households from Halabja, ca. 1940					Kurdish, in Sulemaniyya; Modern Hebrew				The towns of Sulemaniyya and Halabja, in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan in the foothills of the Hawraman Mountains	35.32,45.25;35.10,45.58
	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		10,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			32.2128,34.9118
		2009	The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj			Gorgias Press	Piscataway, NJ			Geoffrey Khan	Geoffrey Khan. 2009. "The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj." Gorgias Press.							Kurdish and Farsi	The Jewish Sanandaj Neo-Aramaic dialect is extensively influenced by Kurdish and Persian (Farsi). Kurdish was spoken in and around the town of Sanandaj by the Muslim population. The Jews would have been exposed to Persian as an official language in schools and government administration.			In 1952 about 1,000 (of 4,000) Jews emigrated to the newly founded State of Israel. Over the subsequent two decades there was a gradual emigration of the Jews from the town [of Sanandaj] either to Tehran or abroad, mostly to Israel. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 most of the remaining Jews left Sanandaj, the majority settling in Los Angeles in the USA and the remainder in Israel or Europe. Today only about half a dozen elderly Jews are reported to be still living in the town.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			10,300		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9780700711970		2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	Christopher Moseley	Routledge		7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.			~9,500		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Israel, Kurdistan

Hulaulá

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~9,500

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,350

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,300

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Hulaulá

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~9,500

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,350

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,300

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