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
לשניד נשן Lišānîd Nošān lit.'the language of our people', לשנא דידן Lišānā Dîdān, lit.'our language'
Pronunciation[liʃɑˈnid noˈʃɑ̃]
RegionJerusalem, originally from eastern and northern Iraq
Native speakers
3,500 (2018)
Language codes
ISO 639-3aij
Glottologlish1245
ELPInter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic
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