Also Known As:
Mandaic (Modern), Mandaean, Modern Mandaic, Manda:yi, Mandaic
Dialects & Varieties
- Ahwaz
- Iraqi Neo-Mandaic
- Shushtar
Neumandäische Texte im Dialekt von Ahwaz
Rudolf Macuch and Guido Dankwarth. 1993. "Neumandäische Texte Im Dialekt Von Ahwaz." In Semitica Viva, 12: Harrassowitz.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
about 1,000, quite possibly less
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Speakers
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
30,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Khuzestan
Location Description
the school is in Ahwaz
Government Support
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Institutional Support
in schools
Speakers' Attitude
positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Grammatical sketch of Neo-Mandaic, to appear in Simon Hopkins, Hezy Mutzafi, and Steven Fassberg, A