Jilu dialect

E247165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect dialect

The Jilu dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Jilu region in the Hakkari mountains of southeastern Turkey.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jilu dialect canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedPeople Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrians from Jilu
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
classification Eastern Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic
country Turkey ⓘ
diasporaSpeakersIn Europe ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
hasSpeakersIn Assyrian diaspora communities ⓘ
historicalRegion Hakkari Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Hakkari mountains

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ISO639-3 aii (macrolanguage: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) ⓘ
languageBranch Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Northern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Asiatic languages

Aramaic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish language ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish

Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Turkish
lexicalSource Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac
morphologicalFeature use of Aramaic-derived verbal prefixes ⓘ
originatesFrom Jilu district in Hakkari ⓘ
partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
phonologicalFeature retention of emphatic consonants typical of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
region Hakkari region ⓘ
surface form: Hakkari Province

Zhili province ⓘ
surface form: Jilu
relatedTo Baz dialect ⓘ
Gawar dialect ⓘ
Nochiya dialect ⓘ
Tyari dialect ⓘ
Urmia dialect ⓘ
surface form: Urmia dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
religiousUse Assyrian Christian liturgical and communal life ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right (Latin script) ⓘ
right-to-left (Syriac script) ⓘ
spokenIn Hakkari Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Hakkari mountains

Zhili province ⓘ
surface form: Jilu region

southeastern Turkey ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Syriac script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → hasDialect → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Urmia dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Salamas dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Gawar dialect → relatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Suret → hasDialect → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Barwar dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ