Senaya
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Senaya is a modern Eastern Aramaic dialect traditionally spoken by the Christian community from Sanandaj in western Iran.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect
ⓘ
modern Aramaic language variety ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Sanandaj Christian Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Classical Syriac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | modern period ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Assyrian Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | western Iran ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped with other Neo-Aramaic varieties) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | Semitic root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few speakers ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | emphatic consonants ⓘ |
| primaryUsage |
liturgical language
ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ |
| region | Sanandaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity | Christian ⓘ |
| scriptVariant | East Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subBranch |
Aramaic languages
ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ Northwestern Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syntaxFeature | predominantly verb–subject–object word order ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Christian community of Sanandaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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