Surayt
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Surayt is a modern Aramaic language variety traditionally spoken by Syriac Christian communities from the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and neighboring areas.
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Aramaic language variety
ⓘ
modern Aramaic language ⓘ vernacular language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Modern Surayt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suryoyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Turoyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Mlahsô NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialectalVariation |
Iwardo dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kfarze dialect ⓘ Midyat dialect ⓘ |
| diasporaCommunity |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationUse | heritage language classes in diaspora ⓘ |
| endonym | Sūrayt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicCommunity | Syriac Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | turo1252 ⓘ |
| hasOnlineResource | Surayt-Aramaic Online NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | tru ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Aramaic languages ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | Northwestern Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluence |
Arabic
ⓘ
Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| linguisticAncestor |
Classical Syriac language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyFeature |
number distinction singular plural
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ two grammatical genders ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ |
| primaryCountryToday | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity |
Chaldean Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationActivity |
community language courses in Europe
ⓘ
digital dictionaries and grammars ⓘ |
| script | Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptVariant |
Estrangela script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serto script ⓘ |
| standardizationStatus | partially standardized orthography ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Hakkari region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mardin Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Tur Abdin NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Turkey ⓘ Şırnak Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | fusional language ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
folklore
ⓘ
liturgical music ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingStandardizationEffort | European Surayt project ⓘ |
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