Barwar

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Barwar is a village and surrounding region in northern Iraq historically inhabited by Assyrian communities who speak the Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barwar canonical 1
Barwari Šwaqa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedLanguageCode aii ⓘ
associatedWithTribalStructure Assyrian tribal communities ⓘ
borderRegionOf Turkey ⓘ
category Assyrian villages in Iraq ⓘ
Populated places in Dohuk Governorate ⓘ
causeOfDisplacement conflict ⓘ
persecution of Assyrians ⓘ
christianDenominations Ancient Church of the East ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers ⓘ
dialectGroup Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects ⓘ
dialectSpoken Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
ethnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
experiencedEvent Anfal campaign ⓘ
linked to: Al-Anfal campaign

Assyrian genocide ⓘ
First World War deportations of Assyrians ⓘ
Iraqi–Kurdish conflicts ⓘ
hasCommunity Barwar Assyrians in diaspora ⓘ
hasDialectNamedAfter Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
hasMinorityCommunities Kurdish population ⓘ
hasOralTraditions Assyrian folk songs ⓘ
Assyrian folktales ⓘ
hasReligiousBuildings churches ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement rural villages ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Iraqi state ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalInhabitants Assyrians ⓘ
languageFamily Northeastern Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
locatedIn Dohuk Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Duhok Governorate

Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ
Zakho District ⓘ
linked to: Zakho

northern Iraq ⓘ
near Hakkari region ⓘ
partOf Assyrian homeland ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Zagros Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Zagros Mountains
populationHistorically Assyrian Christian villagers ⓘ
regionType Assyrian historical region ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Christianity ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Barwar dialect of Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
writingSystemHistoricallyUsed 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.

Barwar dialect → region → Barwar ⓘ
Barwar region of Iraqi Kurdistan → hasSubregion → Barwari Šwaqa ⓘ
linked to: Barwar