Qochanis dialect

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The Qochanis dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Qochanis (Konak) area in southeastern Turkey.

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Qochanis dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialect
dialect
associatedWith Chaldean Catholic Church communities
Church of the East tradition
closelyRelatedTo Barwar dialect
Jilu dialect
Nochiya dialect
Tyari dialect
country Turkey
diasporaUse Assyrian diaspora communities
ethnicGroup Assyrian people
linked to: Assyrians
hasFeature Assyrian Neo-Aramaic morphology
Eastern Neo-Aramaic phonology
distinct local vocabulary
historicalCenter Konak village
village of Qochanis
languageAncestor Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

Middle Aramaic
languageBranch North‑Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
languageCodeStatus notStandardized
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Semitic languages
locatedIn Hakkari region
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialects
partOf Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
region Konak area
Qochanis area
regionDetail southeastern Turkey
religionOfSpeakers Christianity
religiousTraditionOfSpeakers East Syriac tradition
spokenBy Assyrian Christian communities
linked to: Syriacs
status endangered
moribund
subclassOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect
Neo-Aramaic dialect
traditionalSpeakers Assyrians
usedIn liturgical contexts
oral tradition
writingSystem Syriac script
writingSystemVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic hasDialect Qochanis dialect