Suryoyo

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Suryoyo is a modern Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Syriac Orthodox communities from the Tur Abdin region and surrounding areas in the Middle East.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Suryoyo canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
modern Aramaic language ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ
alternativeName Surayt (in some scholarly sources) ⓘ
linked to: Surayt

Syriac Neo-Aramaic (vernacular) ⓘ
associatedEthnicity Assyrians (Syriac Orthodox) ⓘ
linked to: الآشوريين

Syriacs ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Turoyo ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language ⓘ
hasDialect Turoyo dialect ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature grammatical gender ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
state distinctions in nouns ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
guttural consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature subject–verb–object word order (also used) ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (common) ⓘ
ISOStatus often grouped under Turoyo or Syriac Neo-Aramaic in classifications ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Aramaic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac

Kurdish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Tur Abdin ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousRegister Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
spokenIn Middle East ⓘ
Northern Iraq ⓘ
linked to: northern Iraq

Southeastern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Turkey

Tur Abdin ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
subclassOf Central Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
traditionalCommunity Syriac Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedBy Syriac diaspora communities ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
usedIn Syriac Orthodox liturgical life (informally) ⓘ
writingSystem Estrangela script ⓘ
Madnhaya script ⓘ
Serto script ⓘ
Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Turoyo → alternativeName → Suryoyo ⓘ
Surayt → alternativeName → Suryoyo ⓘ