Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic

Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Israel. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

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Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near Akre in Iraqi Kurdistan. The native name of the language is Lishanid Janan, which means 'our language', and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan, Lishanid Noshan).

It is nearly extinct, with only about 20 elderly speakers in 2004.

From Wikipedia · Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barzani · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic

Meaning	Word	Romanization
ear	naniya*
hand	ida*
breast	x3dya*
water	mae*
star	kxuwa*
mountain	tura*
tree	siwa*
night	lele*
one	xa*
two	tre*
I	7ana*
you	7at*
we	7axni*
see	xzele*
die	mi*
come	hele*
new	xa*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Ancient Hebrew Yevanic Lishana Deni Middle Aramaic Domari Kafr Qasem Sign Language Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic Samaritan Israeli Sign Language Late Palestinian Aramaic

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