Western Neo-Aramaic

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Semitic language endangered language modern Aramaic language

Western Neo-Aramaic is a modern, still-spoken descendant of the ancient Aramaic language, preserved today in a few villages of western Syria.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Western Neo-Aramaic canonical 3
Western Aramaic 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
modern Aramaic language ⓘ
ancestor Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Old Aramaic

Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
distinctFrom Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to Arabic ⓘ
glottocode west2774 ⓘ
hasDialect Jubb'adin dialect ⓘ
surface form: Bakhah dialect

Jubb'adin dialect ⓘ
Maaloula dialect ⓘ
hasFeature broken plurals (limited) ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
prefix conjugation for non-past ⓘ
suffix conjugation for past ⓘ
triconsonantal roots ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
ISO639-3Code amw ⓘ
languageFamily Aramaic ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Syriac ⓘ
nativeSpeakersEstimate a few thousand ⓘ
preservationEffort local and academic documentation projects ⓘ
region Anti-Lebanon Mountains ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
religiousUse Christian communities in Maaloula ⓘ
some liturgical and paraliturgical functions ⓘ
spokenIn Bakhah ⓘ
Jubb'adin ⓘ
Maaloula ⓘ
Rif Dimashq Governorate ⓘ
spokenNear Damascus ⓘ
status moribund in some communities ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subgroupOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Central Semitic languages ⓘ
Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages

Semitic languages ⓘ
Western Neo-Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Aramaic
typology fusional language ⓘ
wordOrder also SVO ⓘ
predominantly VSO ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script (transliteration) ⓘ
Syriac script (occasionally) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aramaic → hasDialects → Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Aramaic
Western Neo-Aramaic → subgroupOf → Western Neo-Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Aramaic
Neo-Aramaic languages → hasMajorBranch → Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages → includes → Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ