Lishan Didan

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Lishan Didan is a Jewish Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews from the regions of northwestern Iran and eastern Turkey.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lishanid Noshan 6
Lishan Didan canonical 4
Lishanán 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
modern Aramaic language ⓘ
alternativeName Our Language (literal meaning of the name) ⓘ
basicWordOrder subject–verb–object ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hulaula ⓘ
Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
culturalRole marker of identity for Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews ⓘ
diasporaCountry Canada ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
distinctFrom Christian Neo-Aramaic dialects of the same region ⓘ
documentedBy linguists specializing in Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Jewish communities of Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
Jewish communities of Kurdistan ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish Jews
grammarType fusional language ⓘ
historicalRegion Lake Urmia basin ⓘ
linked to: Urmia Lake Basin

Salmas region ⓘ
linked to: Salmas

Urmia region ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily North‑East Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
lexicalInfluence Aramaic ⓘ
Azerbaijani ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
liturgicalUse used alongside Hebrew in some prayers and piyyutim ⓘ
morphologicalFeature rich verbal inflection ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers a few thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ
phonologicalFeature emphatic consonants typical of Semitic languages ⓘ
primaryCountryOfOrigin Iran ⓘ
region eastern Turkey ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
religiousContext used in Jewish religious and communal life ⓘ
scriptUsage sometimes transcribed in Latin script in modern studies ⓘ
traditionally written in Hebrew script ⓘ
secondaryCountryOfOrigin Turkey ⓘ
shiftedTo Modern Hebrew in Israel ⓘ
local majority languages in Iran and Turkey ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Azerbaijani Jews ⓘ
Kurdish Jews ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Eastern Aramaic → hasPart → Lishan Didan ⓘ
Eastern Aramaic → hasPart → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Neo-Aramaic languages → includes → Lishan Didan ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages → includes → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Lishan Didan → closelyRelatedTo → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Kurdish Jews → notableDialect → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Hulaula → alternativeName → Lishan Didan ⓘ
Hulaula → alternativeName → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Hulaula → alternativeName → Lishanán ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan
Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic → relatedDialect → Lishanid Noshan ⓘ
linked to: Lishan Didan