Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barzani

Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
לשניד דינן Lišānîd d-Jānān
Native to	Kurdistan
Region	Jerusalem, originally from Bijil in Iraq
Native speakers	20 (2004)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bjf
Glottolog	barz1241
ELP	Central Jewish Neo-Aramaic

Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan. The native name of the language is Lishanid Janan, which means 'our language', and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan, Lishanid Noshan).

It is nearly extinct, with only about 20 elderly speakers in 2004.

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