Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho

The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho^[1][2][3] is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by Jews in Zakho, Iraq. Following the exodus of Jews from the Muslim lands, most speakers now live in Israel, principally Jerusalem and surrounding villages.

Rakhma speaking Jewish Neo-Aramaic (Lishana Deni)

Lishana Deni
לשנא דני Lišānā Denī
Pronunciation	[liˈʃɑnɑ ˈdɛni]
Native to	Iraq
Region	Zakho, Iraq
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Lishana Deni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lsd
Glottolog	lish1247
ELP	Lishana Deni

Grammar

It is unknown exactly how person markers are established as either pronominal affixes, or agreement markers. There are two explanations. The first relies on synchronic change, using evidence from Classical Syriac. This analysis reveals that the same person marker may simply behave differently in different syntactic environments. The second explanation suggests that there is no clear-cut dichotomy between pronominal affixes and agreement markers at all, citing transitional cases as an example.^[4]

See also

• Aramaic alphabet
• Betanure Jewish Neo-Aramaic
• Jewish languages