Jubb'adin dialect
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The Jubb'adin dialect is a variety of Western Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken in the village of Jubb'adin in Syria, notable as part of one of the last surviving branches of the Aramaic language.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bakhah dialect | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aramaic language variety
ⓘ
Western Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bakhah dialect
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ⓘ
Maaloula dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered language ⓘ |
| geographicIsolation | mountain village setting ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Jubb'adin Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
preservation of archaic Aramaic elements
ⓘ
strong Arabic contact influence ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
broken plurals
ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ pharyngeal consonants ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
subject–verb–object word order (SVO)
ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (VSO) ⓘ |
| historicalAncestor |
Classical Aramaic
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ⓘ
Western Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Arabic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | last surviving branches of Aramaic ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Aramaic ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom | Arabic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localNameLanguage | Aramaic ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Anti-Lebanon Mountains
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ⓘ
Rif Dimashq Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | small village community ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Jubb'adin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | non-official language in Syria ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Arabic ⓘ |
| traditionalReligionOfSpeakers |
Christianity
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ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday oral communication
ⓘ
local cultural traditions ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bakhah dialect