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Two texts in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2004
Abstract
In this article I offer two versions of the Kurdistani folk-tale ‘Khajo and Syabando’ in Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic, one of the rarest and most highly endangered modern Aramaic languages, spoken in Israel by no more than twenty elderly Jews from the regions of Barzan and ʕAqra in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three dialects of this language were discovered during the years 1996–2000: Barzan, Shahe and B[ecy ]jil. The latter dialect is already extinct. The narratives that served for the texts were furnished by two speakers of the Barzan dialect. The texts are accompanied by observations related to etymology, comparative dialectology, vocabulary and various aspects of grammar.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 1 - 13
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- © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2004