Suryoyo

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Suryoyo is a modern Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Syriac Orthodox communities from the Tur Abdin region and surrounding areas in the Middle East.

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Label Occurrences
Suryoyo canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Aramaic language
modern Aramaic language
vernacular language
alternativeName Surayt (in some scholarly sources) NERFINISHED
Syriac Neo-Aramaic (vernacular) NERFINISHED
associatedEthnicity Assyrians (Syriac Orthodox) NERFINISHED
Syriacs NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED
Turoyo NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus endangered language
hasDialect Turoyo dialect NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature grammatical gender
root-and-pattern morphology
state distinctions in nouns
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
guttural consonants
hasSyntacticFeature subject–verb–object word order (also used)
verb–subject–object word order (common)
ISOStatus often grouped under Turoyo or Syriac Neo-Aramaic in classifications
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages NERFINISHED
Aramaic languages
Semitic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Classical Syriac NERFINISHED
Kurdish
Turkish NERFINISHED
regionOfOrigin Tur Abdin NERFINISHED
Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
religiousRegister Classical Syriac NERFINISHED
spokenIn Middle East NERFINISHED
Northern Iraq NERFINISHED
Southeastern Turkey NERFINISHED
Tur Abdin NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
subclassOf Central Neo-Aramaic language
traditionalCommunity Syriac Orthodox Christians
Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
usedBy Syriac diaspora communities
usedFor everyday communication
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn Syriac Orthodox liturgical life (informally)
writingSystem Estrangela script NERFINISHED
Madnhaya script
Serto script NERFINISHED
Syriac script NERFINISHED

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Turoyo alternativeName Suryoyo