The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi
By: by Geoffrey Khan
Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics -- volume 86; Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics -- 86.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004313897; 9789004313903; 9789004314931; 9789004313910; 9789004313927; 9789004313934
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Aramaic language; Dialects; Grammar; Modern Syriac language; Christians; Languages
Description: This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: volume 1. Grammar : phonolgy and morphology; title: volume 2. Grammar : syntax; title: volume 3. Lexical studies and dictionary; title: volume 4. Texts.