Lishán Didán
Lishán Didán is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Iran, Azerbaijan, Israel, and Georgia, by about 4,378 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia, a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic, was originally spoken by Jews in Urmia and surrounding areas of Iranian Azerbaijan from Salmas to Solduz and into what is now Yüksekova, Hakkâri and Başkale, Van Province in eastern Turkey. Most speakers now live in Israel.
From Wikipedia · Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lishán Didán
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | naS* | |
| name | S3ma* | |
| eye | ena* | |
| ear | nahalta* | |
| nose | poqa* | |
| tooth | kaka* | |
| tongue | liSana* | |
| hand | ida* | |
| blood | d3ma* | |
| bone | garma* | |
| skin | m3Ska* | |
| knee | diza* | |
| breast | x3dya* | |
| liver | koda* | |
| water | moe* | |
| fire | nura* | |
| sun | S3mSa* | |
| star | k3xwe* | |
| stone | kepa* | |
| mountain | tura* | |
| tree | ilana* | |
| leaf | tarpa* | |
| night | lele* | |
| dog | kalba* | |
| fish | masita* | |
| louse | qalma* | |
| one | xa* | |
| two | tre* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | at* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- HulauláAfro-Asiatic70% alike
- Koy Sanjaq Jewish Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic67% alike
- Lishanid NoshanAfro-Asiatic65% alike
- Chaldean Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic62% alike
- Lishana DeniAfro-Asiatic62% alike
- Assyrian Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic59% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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