Hertevin
Hertevin is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Türkiye. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Hertevin is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by Chaldean Catholics in a cluster of villages in Siirt Province in southeastern Turkey. Speakers of Hértevin Aramaic have emigrated mostly to the West, and are now scattered and isolated from one another. A few speakers remain in Turkey. The closest related language variety is Bohtan Neo-Aramaic. Hertevin also shares many similarities with Turoyo.
From Wikipedia · Neo-Aramaic dialect of Hertevin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Hertevin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | naps* | |
| name | Sema* | |
| ear | nata* | |
| nose | poza* | |
| tooth | kaka* | |
| tongue | neSala* | |
| hand | ida* | |
| blood | dema* | |
| bone | garma* | |
| knee | berka* | |
| breast | sadra* | |
| water | maye* | |
| fire | nura* | |
| star | zarzura* | |
| stone | kepa* | |
| mountain | tura* | |
| tree | ilana* | |
| leaf | tarpa* | |
| night | lele* | |
| dog | kalwa* | |
| fish | nuna* | |
| one | hda* | |
| two | terte* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | ahet* | |
| we | ahnah* | |
| drink | Staya* | |
| see | haze* | |
| hear | Samex* | |
| die | mayet* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Lishán DidánAfro-Asiatic54% alike
- Assyrian Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic54% alike
- Chaldean Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic53% alike
- Koy Sanjaq Jewish Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic51% alike
- Lishana DeniAfro-Asiatic48% alike
- HulauláAfro-Asiatic46% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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