Jilu dialect

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jilu dialect canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedPeople Assyrians from Jilu ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
associatedWith Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
classification North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
country Turkey ⓘ
diasporaSpeakersIn Europe ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
hasSpeakersIn Assyrian diaspora communities ⓘ
historicalRegion Hakkari mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ISO639-3 aii (macrolanguage: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Aramaic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish language

Turkish ⓘ
linked to: Turkish language
lexicalSource Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
morphologicalFeature use of Aramaic-derived verbal prefixes ⓘ
originatesFrom Jilu district in Hakkari ⓘ
partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
phonologicalFeature retention of emphatic consonants typical of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
region Hakkari Province ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari region

Jilu ⓘ
linked to: Zhili province
relatedTo Baz dialect ⓘ
Gawar dialect ⓘ
Nochiya dialect ⓘ
Tyari dialect ⓘ
Urmia dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Urmia dialect
religiousUse Assyrian Christian liturgical and communal life ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right (Latin script) ⓘ
right-to-left (Syriac script) ⓘ
spokenIn Hakkari mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

Jilu region ⓘ
linked to: Zhili province

southeastern Turkey ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Assyrian communities ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Syriac script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → hasDialect → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Urmia dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Salamas dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Gawar dialect → relatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Suret → hasDialect → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Barwar dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ
Hakkari dialect → relatedTo → Jilu dialect ⓘ