Koy Sanjaq Christian Neo-Aramaic

Koy Sanjaq Surat
ܣܘܪܬ Sûrat
Native to	Iraq
Region	Koy Sanjaq and Armota in Erbil Governorate
Native speakers	(800 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Koy Sanjaq Surat
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kqd
Glottolog	koys1242

Koy Sanjaq Christian Neo-Aramaic (native name: ܣܘܪܬ, romanized: Sûrat) is a variety of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic spoken by Christian Assyrians in Koy Sanjaq in the Erbil Governorate, Iraq. Koy Sanjaq Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a separate variety spoken by Jews in the same town.^[2]

See also

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
• Chaldean Catholic Church

References

1. Koy Sanjaq Surat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Mutzafi, Hezy (2004). "Features of the Verbal System in theكل خرة Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq and Their Areal Parallels". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 124 (2): 249–264. doi:10.2307/4132214. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 4132214.