Christian Neo-Aramaic dialect of Senaya

Senaya
Senaya
ܣܢܝܐ Senāya, ܣܘܪܝ Soray
Pronunciation	[[Help:IPA\|[sɛnɑjɑ], [soraj]]]
Native to	Iran
Region	Tehran and Qazvin
Native speakers	(60 cited 1997)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Senaya; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Syriac (Māḏnhāyā alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	syn
Glottolog	sena1268
ELP	Senaya

Senaya or Sanandaj Christian Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by Christians in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province in Iran. Most speakers now live in California, United States and few families still live in Tehran, Iran. They are mostly members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Senaya is significantly different from Sanandaj Jewish Neo-Aramaic.

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