The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Urmi:

This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Urmi in north-western Iran but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers in Israel. The volume consists of a d...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2008]
Series:Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
Volltext
Summary:This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Urmi in north-western Iran but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales, historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive glossary
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (644 pages)
ISBN:9781463211639
DOI:10.31826/9781463211639