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Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic / Edited by Geoffrey Khan, Paul M. Noorlander.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures.
- Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aramaic language--Dictionaries--English.
- Aramaic language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 511 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- The Neo-Aramaic dialects are modern vernacular forms of Aramaic, which has a documented history in the Middle East of over 3,000 years. Due to upheavals in the Middle East over the last one hundred years, thousands of speakers of Neo-Aramaic dialects have been forced to migrate from their homes or have perished in massacres. As a result, the dialects are now highly endangered. The dialects exhibit a remarkable diversity of structures. Moreover, the considerable depth of attestation of Aramaic from earlier periods provides evidence for pathways of change. For these reasons the research of Neo-A.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (directory.doabooks.org, viewed June 23, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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