Barwar dialect

E249812

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect dialect

The Barwar dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Barwar region in northern Iraq.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Barwar dialect canonical	3
Baz dialect	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Jilu dialect ⓘ Nochiya dialect ⓘ Tyari dialect ⓘ other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialects ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
endangeredStatus	threatened ⓘ vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Assyrians ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ
hasAncestor	Classical Aramaic ⓘ Middle Aramaic ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ other neighboring Neo-Aramaic dialects ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	broken plurals in some nouns ⓘ prefix and suffix conjugation of verbs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrast between emphatic and non-emphatic consonants ⓘ guttural consonants ⓘ pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Aramaic languages ⓘ Central Semitic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
region	Barwar ⓘ
religiousCommunity	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Christians
spokenBy	Assyrian communities from the Barwar region ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ surface form: Assyrian people
spokenIn	Bahdinan region ⓘ surface form: Barwar region northern Iraq ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ surface form: Neo-Aramaic Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Semitic language ⓘ
traditionalUse	folklore and storytelling ⓘ liturgical and religious contexts alongside Classical Syriac ⓘ oral communication ⓘ
typologicalFeature	SOV word order ⓘ case marking remnants ⓘ emphatic consonants ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ
usedBy	Assyrian Christian communities in Barwar ⓘ
writingSystem	Syriac alphabet ⓘ Syriac script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → hasDialect → Barwar dialect ⓘ

Tyari dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Barwar dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baz dialect

Nochiya dialect → relatedTo → Barwar dialect ⓘ

Suret → hasDialect → Barwar dialect ⓘ