Jilu district in Hakkari

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Jilu district in Hakkari is a historical Assyrian-inhabited mountainous region in southeastern Turkey, known as the homeland of the Jilu tribal community and its distinct Neo-Aramaic dialect.

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Label Occurrences
Jilu district in Hakkari canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian-inhabited region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
affectedBy Assyrian genocide ⓘ
associatedClanOrTribe Jilu Assyrian tribe ⓘ
linked to: Jilu tribe
associatedWith Assyrian tribal confederations of Hakkari ⓘ
borderRegionOf Ottoman Empire–Persia frontier ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalHeritage Assyrian tribal customs ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic oral traditions ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Assyrian highlands of Hakkari ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari Mountains
currentCountrySubdivision Hakkari Province ⓘ
linked to: Hakkâri
demographicChange mass displacement of Assyrian inhabitants in early 20th century ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Assyrian people ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
formerAdministrativeRelation Hakkari sanjak (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
hasDialectSpeakersDiasporaIn Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
historicalConflict Ottoman–Assyrian conflicts during World War I ⓘ
historicalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
historicalEvent Assyrian genocide ⓘ
historicalLanguageGroup Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialect continuum ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDepopulation World War I era ⓘ
linked to: World War I
historicalPopulation Assyrian Christians ⓘ
linked to: الآشوريين
historicalReligion East Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac rite
historicalStatus semi-autonomous tribal district under Ottoman rule ⓘ
knownFor Jilu tribal community ⓘ
distinct Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
languageFamily Northeastern Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
languageVariety Jilu Neo-Aramaic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Jilu Neo-Aramaic
liturgicalLanguage Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
locatedIn Hakkari Province ⓘ
linked to: Hakkâri

Tur Abdin and Hakkari highlands region ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari region

southeastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Hakkari mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hakkari Mountains
near modern Iran border ⓘ
modern Iraq border ⓘ
notableFeature remote and rugged topography ⓘ
partOf historical Assyrian homeland ⓘ
regionType highland region ⓘ
religiousTradition Church of the East ⓘ
terrain mountainous region ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Assyrians ⓘ
Jilu tribe ⓘ
tribalStructure Jilu tribe ⓘ
vernacularLanguage Jilu Neo-Aramaic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Jilu dialect → originatesFrom → Jilu district in Hakkari ⓘ