Sureth

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Neo-Aramaic language Semitic language modern Eastern Aramaic language spoken language

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sureth canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
modern Eastern Aramaic language ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ
alternativeName Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Surayt ⓘ
Suret ⓘ
ancestralLanguageOf many Assyrian diaspora communities ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Turoyo ⓘ
ethnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
Chaldeans ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean Assyrians

Syriacs ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Christians
hasDialect Barwar dialect ⓘ
Hakkari dialect ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Koine Sureth

Jilu dialect ⓘ
Nochiya dialect ⓘ
Tyari dialect ⓘ
Urmia dialect ⓘ
historicalAncestor Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac

Middle Aramaic ⓘ
languageFamily Aramaic ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
surface form: Semitic
linguisticFeature SOV basic word order in many dialects ⓘ
emphatic, masculine, feminine noun distinctions ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
primaryScriptVariant East Syriac script ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Eastern script
region Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
religiousCommunity Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
spokenIn Hakkari region ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
surface form: Mosul region

Nineveh Plains ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
surface form: Urmia region

diaspora communities ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic
usedFor daily communication in Assyrian communities ⓘ
liturgical purposes ⓘ
media and broadcasting in Assyrian diaspora ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Syriac script

Referenced by (3)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → alternativeName → Sureth ⓘ
Syriacs → modernSpokenVarieties → Sureth ⓘ
Suret → alsoKnownAs → Sureth ⓘ