The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols)

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols)
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 1921
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ISBN-10 : 9789004313934
ISBN-13 : 9004313931
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Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols) by : Geoffrey Khan

This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic.

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi
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ISBN-13 : 9789004313903
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Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi by : Geoffrey Khan

This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic.

A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw

A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 613
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ISBN-10 : 9789004290334
ISBN-13 : 9004290338
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Synopsis A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw by : Lidia Napiorkowska

The detailed study of a rare Neo-Aramaic variety from north-eastern Iraq offered by Lidia Napiorkowska in A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw is a contribution to the documentation of the endangered world of spoken Aramaic. The comparative and contact-sensitive approach of the monograph situates the dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw in a wider context of Semitic languages on the one hand, and of the local varieties of Iraqi Kurdistan on the other. Next to a systematic account of phonology and morphology, the book covers a range of syntactic features and is accompanied by a corpus of translated texts and a glossary, arranged according to the Aramaic, as well as English entries.

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 2237
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ISBN-10 : 9789004167650
ISBN-13 : 900416765X
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Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar by : Geoffrey Khan

This work, in three volumes, presents a detailed description the neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christian community of the Barwar region in northern Iraq, which is now endangered. Volume one contains a description of the grammar of the dialect. Volume two contains an extensive glossary. Volume three contains transcriptions of recorded texts

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Jilu

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Jilu
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Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 3447038896
ISBN-13 : 9783447038898
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Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Jilu by : Samuel Ethan Fox

This is the first book-length study of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by the people of Jilu, one of the smaller Nestorian tribes of the Hakkari mountaints in South-Eastern Turkey. Like the other Nestorian tribes, the people of Jilu were forced to leave their homeland in 1915, and have ever since lived in exil. The study is based on research conducted with two elderly Jilu speakers living in Chicago. The Neo-Aramaic dialect of Jilu, which is now heading towards extinction, possesses a number of unique linguistic features. The book contains an introduction of Jilu and its people, a grammatical description, a long text with an English translation, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Studies in Neo-Aramaic

Studies in Neo-Aramaic
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9789004369535
ISBN-13 : 9004369538
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Synopsis Studies in Neo-Aramaic by : Wolfhart Heinrichs

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 776
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ISBN-10 : 9789004348585
ISBN-13 : 9004348581
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Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh by : Geoffrey Khan

Containing a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Christian community in the town of Qaraqosh, which lies on the Mosul plain in Northern Iraq, this volume also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon of the dialect and full glossaries of lexical items. This Aramaic dialect has never been described before. It is one of the most archaic dialects in group known as North Eastern Neo-Aramaic that contains many features that have not been found in other dialects. These include several lexical elements that are not found in earlier literary Aramaic but can be traced back to Akkadian and Sumerian. Knowledge of the dialect is now being lost among the younger generations, so this volume is an important linguistic record.