Back الآرامية الوسطى الجديدة Arabic Néo-araméen central French Fiteny arameana vaovao afovoany Malagasy ภาษาแอราเมอิกใหม่กลาง Thai
| Central Neo-Aramaic | |
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| Western Neo-Syriac | |
| Geographic distribution | Mardin and Diyarbakır provinces in Turkey, Qamishli and al Hasakah in Syria |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | turo1240 |
Central Neo-Aramaic languages represent a specific group of Neo-Aramaic languages, that is designated as Central in reference to its geographical position between Western Neo-Aramaic and other Eastern Aramaic groups. Its linguistic homeland is located in northern parts of the historical region of Syria (modern southeastern Turkey and northeastern Syria). The group includes the Turoyo language as a spoken language of the Tur Abdin region and various groups in diaspora, and Mlahsô language that is recently extinct as a spoken language.[1][2]
Within Aramaic studies, several alternative groupings of Neo-Aramaic languages had been proposed by different researchers, and some of those groupings have used the term Central Neo-Aramaic in a wider meaning, including the widest scope, referring to all Neo-Aramaic languages except for Western Neo-Aramaic and Neo-Mandaic.[3][4]
- ^ Kim 2008, p. 508.
- ^ Khan 2019b, p. 266.
- ^ Yildiz 2000, p. 23–44.
- ^ Kim 2008, p. 505-531.