Suret

E247169

Suret is a modern Eastern Neo-Aramaic language spoken primarily by Assyrian communities in parts of Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the global diaspora.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Suret canonical 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic language
language
modern Aramaic language
alsoKnownAs Assyrians
surface form: Assyrian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Surayt
Sureth
associatedWithChurch Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
associatedWithReligion Christianity
basicWordOrder SVO
closelyRelatedTo Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Turoyo
hasDialect Barwar dialect
Hakkari dialect
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
surface form: Iraqi Koine Assyrian

Jilu dialect
Tyari dialect
Urmia dialect
hasFeature emphatic consonants
grammatical gender
rich verbal morphology
historicalAncestor Syriac
surface form: Classical Syriac

Middle Aramaic
languageBranch Semitic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic
languageGroup Aramaic
languageSubbranch East Semitic
surface form: North‑East Semitic
languageSubgroup Eastern Aramaic
surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic
primaryScriptVariant East Syriac script
surface form: Eastern Syriac script
spokenBy Assyrians
Chaldean Catholic Church
surface form: Chaldean Catholics

Syriacs
surface form: Syriac Christians
spokenIn Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
diaspora communities
status endangered language
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Neo-Aramaic languages
surface form: Neo-Aramaic

Semitic language
typology fusional language
usedIn diaspora community life
liturgical contexts
media and broadcasting
usesScriptVariant Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Syriac alphabet
surface form: Syriac script

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