Urmia dialect

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic variety dialect

The Urmia dialect is a prominent variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities in and around the city of Urmia in northwestern Iran.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Urmia dialect canonical	5
Urmia dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	1
Urmia dialect of Azerbaijani	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ
associatedWith	Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ surface form: Lake Urmia region Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ surface form: Urmia plain
closelyRelatedTo	Jilu dialect ⓘ Nochiya dialect ⓘ Salamas dialect ⓘ Tkhuma dialect ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Assyrians ⓘ
hasDialectCluster	Urmia–Salamas cluster ⓘ
historicalCenter	Urmia ⓘ
ISO639-3	aii ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
languageOf	Assyrian communities in and around Urmia ⓘ
linguisticFeature	Northeastern Neo-Aramaic phonology ⓘ distinct vowel system compared to other Assyrian dialects ⓘ lexical influence from Azerbaijani ⓘ lexical influence from Kurdish ⓘ lexical influence from Persian ⓘ
partOf	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum
region	Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Assyrian homeland Lake Van region ⓘ surface form: Hakkari–Urmia area
religiousUse	Assyrian Church of the East communities ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Chaldean Catholic communities
scriptVariant	East Syriac script ⓘ surface form: Eastern Syriac script
spokenBy	Syriacs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Christians Assyrian diaspora from Urmia region ⓘ
spokenIn	Iran ⓘ Urmia ⓘ West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
standardFor	many Assyrian Neo-Aramaic publications in Iran ⓘ
standardVarietyOf	some Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Bible translations in Iran ⓘ
status	minority language in Iran ⓘ
subclassOf	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
traditionalRegion	northwestern Iran ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication among Assyrians in Urmia region ⓘ liturgical purposes ⓘ
usedIn	Assyrian churches in Iran ⓘ Assyrian schools in Iran ⓘ
writingSystem	Syriac alphabet ⓘ Syriac alphabet ⓘ surface form: Syriac script

Referenced by (7)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → hasDialect → Urmia dialect ⓘ

Tabriz dialect → closeTo → Urmia dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urmia dialect of Azerbaijani

Tyari dialect → distinctFrom → Urmia dialect ⓘ

Jilu dialect → relatedTo → Urmia dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urmia dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Nochiya dialect → relatedTo → Urmia dialect ⓘ

Suret → hasDialect → Urmia dialect ⓘ

Sureth → hasDialect → Urmia dialect ⓘ