Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

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Aramaic language Semitic language modern Eastern Aramaic language

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic language spoken primarily by Chaldean Catholics of Assyrian heritage, especially in Iraq and diaspora communities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chaldean Catholic community (Neo-Aramaic speaking) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aramaic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
modern Eastern Aramaic language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Suret ⓘ
developedFrom Eastern Aramaic varieties ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasDialect Alqosh dialect ⓘ
Baghdadi Chaldean dialect ⓘ
Tel Keppe dialect ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature construct state ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
guttural consonants ⓘ
historicalAncestor Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac

Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Middle Aramaic
ISO639-3Code cld ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Aramaic ⓘ
languageSubbranch Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousCommunity Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
sharesVocabularyWith Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
spokenBy Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean Catholics

Chaldean Catholics of Assyrian heritage ⓘ
ethnic Assyrians ⓘ
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
surface form: Mosul region

Nineveh Plains ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

diaspora communities ⓘ
subclassOf Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
liturgical purposes ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
usesAlphabet Syriac alphabet ⓘ
writingSystem East Syriac script ⓘ
Syriac script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → closelyRelatedTo → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Āṯūrāyē → culturalAssociation → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaldean Catholic community (Neo-Aramaic speaking)
Aramaic → hasDialects → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Sūrāyē → modernSpokenLanguagesInclude → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Assyrians → traditionalLanguage → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Sūrāyē → usedInDialect → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ