Christian Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barwar
| Barwar Neo-Aramaic | |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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Barwar Christian Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic spoken by ethnic Assyrians in the Barwari region of Iraq and Turkey.
Phonology
| Labial | Dental / alveolar | Palatoalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Laryngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops / affricates | Unvoiced aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ʔ | |
| Unaspirated | p | t | tʃ | k | ||||
| Voiced | b | d | dʒ | g | ||||
| Emphatic | pˤ | tˤ | tʃˤ | |||||
| Fricatives | Unvoiced | f | s, θ | ʃ | x | ħ | h | |
| Voiced | w | z, ð | ʒ | ɣ | ||||
| Emphatic | sˤ, zˤ | |||||||
| Nasal | m, mˤ | n | ||||||
| Lateral | l, lˤ | |||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ, r | |||||||
| Approximant | w | j |
References
Sources
- Khan, Geoffrey (2009). The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-16765-0.