Swadaya

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Swadaya is a modern vernacular form of Neo-Aramaic traditionally written in the East Syriac script and used by Assyrian Christian communities.

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Swadaya canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety
modern vernacular form of Neo-Aramaic
vernacular language
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity
contrastWith Classical Syriac (as liturgical language)
culturalRole marker of Assyrian identity
medium of community communication
developedFrom Aramaic
Syriac
surface form: Classical Syriac
ethnicGroup Assyrians
ISO639Scope macrolanguage (Neo-Aramaic context)
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afro-Asiatic languages

Aramaic
surface form: Aramaic languages

Central Semitic languages
Semitic languages
linguisticType vernacular speech
phonologicalRelation closely related to other Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects
region Iraq
Upper Mesopotamia
surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

northwestern Iran
surface form: Northwestern Iran

Southeastern Anatolia Region
surface form: Southeastern Turkey

Syrian diaspora communities
religiousContext Christianity
religiousUse liturgy
religious education
sermons
scriptDirection right-to-left
scriptUsage traditionally written
scriptVariant East Syriac script
surface form: Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script

Syriac alphabet
status endangered language
minority language
subclassOf Neo-Aramaic languages
surface form: Modern Aramaic

Neo-Aramaic language
usedBy Assyrian Christian communities
Assyrians
usedIn Assyrians
surface form: Assyrian diaspora

church communities
writingSystem East Syriac script

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