Lishán Didán
A language of Israel
| Population | 4,230 in Israel (2001). Population total all countries: 4,450. |
| Region | Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv area. Originally Iranian Azerbaijan and southeast Turkey. Also in Azerbaijan, Georgia. |
| Alternate names | Galihalu, Lakhlokhi, Lishanán, Lishanid Nash Didán, Persian Azerbaijan Jewish Aramaic |
| Dialects | Northern Cluster Lishán Didán (Urmi, Salmas, Anatolia), Southern Cluster Lishán Didán (Naghada, Ushno, Mahabad). Northern Cluster Lishán Didán, Southern Cluster Lishán Didán. 60%-70% intelligibility of Hulaulá [huy] and Lishanid Noshan [aij], but not with other Aramaic languages. Northern cluster subvarieties are Urmi, Salmas, Anatolia; southern cluster varieties are Naghada, Ushno, Mahabad. The Urmi variety of Lishán Didán is different from the Urmi variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern |
| Language use | Older adults. Hebrew is L2. Some multilingual; many are married to nonspeakers. |
| Language development | OT: 1950s. |
| Writing system | Hebrew script. |
| Comments | Many loanwords from Kurdish, Turkish [tur], Arabic, Eastern Farsi [prs] or Western Farsi [pes], Hebrew [heb], and several European languages. Sometimes erroneously called ‘Judeo-Kurdish’ or ‘Azerbaijani Kurdish’. Jewish. |
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