Mlahsô
E466788
Mlahsô is an endangered Neo-Aramaic language historically spoken by Assyrian/Syriac communities in parts of southeastern Turkey and northeastern Syria.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Aramaic language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Assyrian people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syriac Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Central Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | distinct language from Turoyo in many classifications ⓘ |
| countryHistoricallySpoken |
Syria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | mainly among elderly speakers ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
assimilation policies
ⓘ
displacement of speakers ⓘ language shift to Arabic ⓘ language shift to Turkish ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mlah1238 ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender distinction in nouns
ⓘ
verbal inflection for number ⓘ verbal inflection for person ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
guttural consonants ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Hakkari region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tur Abdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso6393Code | lhs ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Aramaic ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | fusional language ⓘ |
| region | Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedLanguage |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Turoyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousLiteraryLanguageInfluence | Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptVariant | Serṭā script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInThePast |
northeastern Syria
ⓘ
southeastern Turkey ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorDecline | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Syriac Catholic Christians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Syriac script ⓘ |
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