Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia

Lishán Didán
Lishán Didán
לשן דידן Lišān Didān, לשנן Lišānān
Pronunciation	[liˈʃan diˈdan] [liˈʃanan]
Native to	Israel, United States; originally Iran, Turkey; briefly Azerbaijan, Georgia (country)
Region	Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, New York, Los Angeles; originally from Iranian Azerbaijan
Native speakers	4,500 (2001)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Lishán Didán; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	trg
Glottolog	lish1246
ELP	Jewish Azerbaijani Neo-Aramaic

The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia, a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic, was originally spoken by Jews in Urmia and surrounding areas of Iranian Azerbaijan from Salmas to Solduz and into what is now Yüksekova, Hakkâri and Başkale, Van Province in eastern Turkey. Most speakers now live in Israel.

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