Northern Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
[aka Assyrian, NENA, Hakkari]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·vulnerable
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Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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10,000-20,000
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"The dialects are strongest in the Khabur panhandle, and Talay (2008, p. 19) gives a total of 20,000 in Syria, but that's divided between Northern and Aširat Northeastern Neo-Aramaic."
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Speakers are either shifting to the koine or the languages of their host countries.
- PLACES
- Iran, Turkey; diaspora communities in Iraq, Syria, and throughout the West