Suret

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Suret is a modern Eastern Neo-Aramaic language spoken primarily by Assyrian communities in parts of Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the global diaspora.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Suret canonical 6

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic language
language
modern Aramaic language
alsoKnownAs Assyrian
linked to: Assyrians

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Surayt
Sureth
associatedWithChurch Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
associatedWithReligion Christianity
basicWordOrder SVO
closelyRelatedTo Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Turoyo
hasDialect Barwar dialect
Hakkari dialect
Iraqi Koine Assyrian
Jilu dialect
Tyari dialect
Urmia dialect
hasFeature emphatic consonants
grammatical gender
rich verbal morphology
historicalAncestor Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

Middle Aramaic
languageBranch Semitic
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageGroup Aramaic
languageSubbranch North‑East Semitic
linked to: East Semitic
languageSubgroup Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
primaryScriptVariant Eastern Syriac script
linked to: East Syriac script
spokenBy Assyrians
Chaldean Catholics
Syriac Christians
linked to: Syriacs
spokenIn Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
diaspora communities
status endangered language
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Neo-Aramaic
Semitic language
typology fusional language
usedIn diaspora community life
liturgical contexts
media and broadcasting
usesScriptVariant Madnhaya (Eastern Syriac) script
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet

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