Urmia–Salamas cluster
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The Urmia–Salamas cluster is a group of closely related Neo-Aramaic dialects traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities in and around the Urmia and Salamas regions of northwestern Iran.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Aramaic dialect cluster
ⓘ
group of closely related dialects ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hakkari Neo-Aramaic dialects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nochiya Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Urmia–Salamas Neo-Aramaic dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Salamas Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urmia Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Azerbaijan (Iran) province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Azerbaijani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northeastern Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Lake Urmia basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Christian Urmia Neo-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects of Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity | Assyrian Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousLiteratureTradition | Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Salamas region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urmia region NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ Modern Aramaic varieties ⓘ Northeastern Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Assyrian communities ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| usedBy | Assyrian diaspora communities ⓘ |
| usedIn | Assyrian liturgical and community contexts ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Syriac script ⓘ |
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