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 6

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 (6)

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