Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic
lišānā deni / lišā́n huðāye / huðəθ~huðəθkí / amrāni~amrāní
RegionBetanure[1]
Native speakers
at most 3 dozen (2008)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologbeta1257

Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic, the local language variety of Betanure in Iraqi Kurdistan, is among the rarest and most seriously endangered varieties of Aramaic spoken at the present time.[1] It is also one of the most conservative of both Jewish Neo-Aramaic languages and the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic languages in particular.[1]

History

In the 1940s, Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic was spoken by seventeen large families in the Jewish village of Betanure.[1] The community migrated in its entirety to Israel in 1951.[1] Ever since the dialect has been facing erosion from Israeli Hebrew and from other Neo-Aramaic varieties spoken in Israel.[1]

Phonology

Consonants
LabialDental/AlveolarPostalveolar/PalatalVelarUvularPharyngealGlottal
Plosive/Affricate p (ṗ) b (ḅ)t ṭ d (ḍ)č č̣ jk gqʼ
Fricative f (v)θ ð (ð̣) s ṣ z (ẓ)š ṣ̌ ž (ẓ̌)x ɣḥ ʻh
Nasal m ṃn
Liquid wn l ḷ r ṛy

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Mutzafi, Hezy (2008). The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Betanure (PDF). ISBN 978-3-447-05710-3.
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