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Subject(s)

• Aramaic language—Dialects—Grammar—Turkey—Çukurca [Browse]
• Çukurca (Turkey)—Languages [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 54. [More in this series]
• Brill eBook titles 2009

Summary note

Aramaic has been spoken uninterruptedly for more than 3000 years, yet a generation from now most Aramaic dialects will be extinct. The study of the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) dialects has increased dramatically in the past decade as linguists seek to record these dialects before the disappearance of their last speakers. This work is a unique documentation of the now extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa (modern-day Çukurca, Turkey). It is based on recordings of the last native speaker of the dialect, who passed away in 2007. In addition to a grammatical description, it contains sample texts and a glossary of the dialect. Jewish Challa belongs to the cluster of NENA dialects known as 'lishana deni' and reference is made throughout to other dialects within this group.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-314).

Language note

English

Contents

• Preliminary Material / S.E. Fassberg
• Chapter One. Introduction / S.E. Fassberg
• Chapter Two. Jewish Challa And The Other Lishana Deni Dialects / S.E. Fassberg
• Chapter Three. Phonology / S.E. Fassberg
• Chapter Four. Morphology And Morphosyntax / S.E. Fassberg
• Chapter Five. Texts And Translation / S.E. Fassberg
• Glossary / S.E. Fassberg
• Bibliographical References / S.E. Fassberg.

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ISBN

• 9786612602276
• 9781282602274
• 1282602276
• 9789047430261
• 9047430263

LCCN

2009046087

OCLC

• 593295876
• 401163483

Doi

10.1163/ej.9789004176829.i-318

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