Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic
Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic, or Lishanid Noshan, is a modern Jewish-Aramaic dialect, a variant of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in and around Arbil between the Great Zab and Little Zab rivers. Most speakers now live in Israel.
Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic | |
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לשניד נשן Lišānîd Nošān lit. 'the language of our people', לשנא דידן Lišānā Dîdān, lit. 'our language' | |
Pronunciation | [liʃɑˈnid noˈʃɑ̃] |
Region | Jerusalem, originally from eastern and northern Iraq |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2018) |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aij |
Glottolog | lish1245 |
ELP | Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic |
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