Swadaya

E239570

Swadaya is a modern vernacular form of Neo-Aramaic traditionally written in the East Syriac script and used by Assyrian Christian communities.

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Label Occurrences
Swadaya canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety ⓘ
modern vernacular form of Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches
contrastWith Classical Syriac (as liturgical language) ⓘ
culturalRole marker of Assyrian identity ⓘ
medium of community communication ⓘ
developedFrom Aramaic ⓘ
Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
ethnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
ISO639Scope macrolanguage (Neo-Aramaic context) ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Aramaic languages ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Central Semitic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
linguisticType vernacular speech ⓘ
phonologicalRelation closely related to other Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
Northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Northwestern Iran ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Iran

Southeastern Turkey ⓘ
Syrian diaspora communities ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
religiousUse liturgy ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
sermons ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
scriptUsage traditionally written ⓘ
scriptVariant Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script

Syriac alphabet ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
subclassOf Modern Aramaic ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
usedBy Assyrian Christian communities ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
usedIn Assyrian diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians

church communities ⓘ
writingSystem East Syriac script ⓘ

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