Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic
| Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic | |
|---|---|
| לשניד נשן Lišānîd Nošān lit. 'the language of our people', לשנא דידן Lišānā Dîdān, lit. 'our language' | |
| Pronunciation | [liʃɑˈnid noˈʃɑ̃] |
| Region | Jerusalem, originally from eastern and northern Iraq and Southeastern Turkey. |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2018) |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aij |
| Glottolog | lish1245 |
| ELP | Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic |
Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic, or Lishanid Noshan, is a modern Jewish-Aramaic dialect, a variant of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in and around Hewler between the Great Zab and Little Zab rivers, it was also spoken in Turkey in the city of Cizre and its environs and in the Hakkari Mountains. Most speakers now live in Israel.