Senaya

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Senaya is a modern Eastern Aramaic dialect traditionally spoken by the Christian community from Sanandaj in western Iran.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Senaya canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
modern Aramaic language variety ⓘ
alternativeName Sanandaj Christian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
ancestor Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac

Middle Aramaic ⓘ
chronology modern period ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
ethnicGroup Assyrian Christians ⓘ
linked to: الآشوريين
historicalRegion western Iran ⓘ
ISOStatus no individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped with other Neo-Aramaic varieties) ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
morphologicalFeature Semitic root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers very few speakers ⓘ
phonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
primaryUsage liturgical language ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ
region Sanandaj ⓘ
relatedTo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
religiousCommunity Christian ⓘ
scriptVariant East Syriac script ⓘ
subBranch Aramaic languages ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ
Northwestern Semitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic
syntaxFeature predominantly verb–subject–object word order ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Christian community of Sanandaj ⓘ
writingSystem Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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

Eastern Aramaic → hasPart → Senaya ⓘ