Also Known As:
Mandaic (Modern), Mandaean, Modern Mandaic, Manda:yi, Mandaic
Dialects & Varieties
- Ahwaz
- Iraqi Neo-Mandaic
- Shushtar
Recent Resources
Grammatical sketch of Neo-Mandaic, to appear in Simon Hopkins, Hezy Mutzafi, and Steven Fassberg, A
Severely Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-200
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Haberl, Charles. The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. PhD thesis, Harvard University, 2006.
Bibliography of Locations:
Haberl, Charles. The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. PhD thesis, Harvard University, 2006.
Bibliography of Context:
Haberl, Charles. The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. PhD thesis, Harvard University, 2006.