Tyari dialect

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The Tyari dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Tyari region in the Hakkari mountains.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tyari dialect canonical 7
Tiyari dialect 1
Tyare dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect
dialect
alternativeName Tiyari dialect
linked to: Tyari dialect

Tyare dialect
linked to: Tyari dialect

Tyari Assyrian
associatedPeople Assyrian people
linked to: Assyrians
classification modern Aramaic variety
closelyRelatedTo Baz dialect
linked to: Barwar dialect

Gawar dialect
Jilu dialect
Nochiya dialect
countryHistorical Ottoman Empire
countryModern Turkey
diasporaUse Australia
Europe
Iran
Iraq
Syria
United States
displacement many speakers displaced from original Tyari region in 20th century
distinctFrom Chaldean Neo‑Aramaic
Iraqi Koine Assyrian
Urmia dialect
ethnicGroup Assyrians from Tyari
linked to: Assyrians
historicalEventImpact Sayfo (Assyrian genocide)
linked to: Assyrian genocide
iso639_3 aii
languageBranch North‑Eastern Neo‑Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
languageCodeScope covered under Assyrian Neo‑Aramaic (aii)
languageFamily Semitic languages
linguisticAncestor Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

Middle Aramaic
morphologicalFeature rich verbal inflection typical of North‑Eastern Neo‑Aramaic
oralTradition used in Assyrian folk songs from Tyari
used in Tyari folktales and storytelling
partOfDialectCluster Hakkari dialects of Assyrian Neo‑Aramaic
phonologicalFeature retention of emphatic consonants typical of Hakkari varieties
region Hakkari mountains
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

Tyari region
religionAssociated Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
scriptVariant Madnhaya script
Syriac Eastern script
linked to: East Syriac script
status endangered
subdivisionOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
traditionalSpeakers Assyrians
usedBy Tyari tribal communities
vernacularOf Tyari Assyrians
linked to: Assyrians
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Syriac script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic hasDialect Tyari dialect
Salamas dialect closelyRelatedTo Tyari dialect
Tyari dialect alternativeName Tyare dialect
linked to: Tyari dialect
Tyari dialect alternativeName Tiyari dialect
linked to: Tyari dialect
Nochiya dialect relatedTo Tyari dialect
Qochanis dialect closelyRelatedTo Tyari dialect
Suret hasDialect Tyari dialect
Sureth hasDialect Tyari dialect
Barwar dialect closelyRelatedTo Tyari dialect