Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Betanure

Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic
Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic
lišānā deni / lišā́n huðāye / huðəθ~huðəθkí / amrāni~amrāní
Region	Betanure
Native speakers	at most 3 dozen (2008)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	beta1257

Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic, the local language variety of Betanure in Iraqi Kurdistan, is among the rarest and most seriously endangered varieties of Aramaic spoken at the present time. It is also one of the most conservative of both Jewish Neo-Aramaic languages and the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic languages in particular.

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