Lishan Didan

E603330

Jewish Neo-Aramaic language endangered language modern Aramaic language

Lishan Didan is a Jewish Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews from the regions of northwestern Iran and eastern Turkey.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lishanid Noshan	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ modern Aramaic language ⓘ
alternativeName	Our Language (literal meaning of the name) ⓘ
basicWordOrder	subject–verb–object ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hulaula NERFINISHED ⓘ Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Lishanid Noshan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole	marker of identity for Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews ⓘ
diasporaCountry	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	Christian Neo-Aramaic dialects of the same region ⓘ
documentedBy	linguists specializing in Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Jewish communities of Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ Jewish communities of Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
grammarType	fusional language ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lake Urmia basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Salmas region NERFINISHED ⓘ Urmia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily	North‑East Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
lexicalInfluence	Aramaic ⓘ Azerbaijani NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalUse	used alongside Hebrew in some prayers and piyyutim ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	rich verbal inflection ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers	a few thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants typical of Semitic languages ⓘ
primaryCountryOfOrigin	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	eastern Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	used in Jewish religious and communal life ⓘ
scriptUsage	sometimes transcribed in Latin script in modern studies ⓘ traditionally written in Hebrew script ⓘ
secondaryCountryOfOrigin	Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
shiftedTo	Modern Hebrew in Israel ⓘ local majority languages in Iran and Turkey ⓘ
status	severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers	Azerbaijani Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Aramaic → hasPart → Lishan Didan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lishanid Noshan

Neo-Aramaic languages → includes → Lishan Didan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lishanid Noshan