A Handbook of Neo-Aramaic by Hopkins, Simon; Fassberg, Steven E.;

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This is the first detailed overall account of Neo-Aramaic. The book includes not only diachronic and synchronic linguistic information, but also presents details of the minority communities (Jews, Christians and Mandaeans) who speak (or until recently spoke) these fascinating Semitic languages.

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The Handbook of Neo-Aramaic aims to provide an introduction to, and details of the complex world of Neo-Aramaic. This large family of endangered Neo-Semitic languages is (or until recently was spoken by Jewish, Christian and Mandaean minorities in parts of the Middle East. Most members of these communities now live in various diasporas.

Following a series of general chapters dealing with historical background, classification, salient linguistic features, Neo-Semitic context, contact languages (Kurdish, etc.), manuscripts and printed texts, Neo-Aramaic in the media etc., the book presents grammatical sketches of 15 different Neo-Aramaic dialects (some never described before), followed by a series of maps, illustrations, and a bibliography.

The book hopes to provide material of interest both to the beginner and the more advanced specialist.



Contributors are: Werner Arnold, Roberta Borghero, Michael L. Chyet, Eleanor Coghill, Alinda Damsma, Steven E. Fassberg, Samuel Ethan Fox, Charles G. Häberl, Simon Hopkins, Otto Jastrow, Olga Kapeliuk, Geoffrey Khan, Nineb Lamassu, Alexey Lyavdansky, Alessandro Mengozzi, Matthew Morgenstern, Hezy Mutzafi, Yona Sabar, Shabo Talay, Aziz Tezel, and Michael Waltisberg.

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Preface

Abbreviations and Symbols



General Introduction to Neo-Aramaic

 Simon Hopkins

Part 1 Historical Background of Neo-Aramaic

1 Historical Divisions and Distribution of Aramaic

 Steven E. Fassberg



2 Historical Background of Neo-Aramaic

 Matthew Morgenstern



3 Genetic Classification of the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects

 Samuel Ethan Fox

Part 2 Development, Structure and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic

4 Salient Features in the Development and Structure of Neo-Aramaic

 Simon Hopkins



5 Neo-Aramaic Syntax

 Michael Waltisberg



6 Neo-Aramaic as Neo-Semitic

 Olga Kapeliuk



7 Kurdish and Neo-Aramaic: Mutual Influences

 Michael L. Chyet



8 Neo-Aramaic and Its Neighbors: Languages in Contact

 Olga Kapeliuk



9 Lexical Aspects of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects

 Hezy Mutzafi



10 Salient Lexical Features of Ṣurayt/Ṭuroyo

 Aziz Tezel

Part 3 Indigenous Written, Printed and Broadcast Neo-Aramaic

11 Manuscripts and Printed Texts in Jewish Northeastern Neo-Aramaic

 Yona Sabar, Steven E. Fassberg and Simon Hopkins



12 Christian Neo-Aramaic Manuscripts from Northern Iraq

 Alessandro Mengozzi



13 Neo-Aramaic Texts in the New Alphabet Published in the Soviet Union 1929–1938

 Alexey Lyavdansky



14 Neo-Aramaic in the Media

 Shabo Talay

Part 4 Grammatical Sketches of Representative Neo-Aramaic Dialects

15 Western Neo-Aramaic

 Werner Arnold



16 Ṭuroyo and Mlaḥso

 Otto Jastrow



Subpart 1 Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) Cis-Zab: Turkey

17 Hertevin

 Otto Jastrow



18 Haṣṣan

 Alinda Damsma





Subpart 2 Cis-Zab: Upper Iraq

19 Lishana deni

 Steven E. Fassberg and Simon Hopkins





Subpart 3 Cis-Zab: Mosul Plain

20 Alqosh

 Eleanor Coghill



21 Karamlesh

 Roberta Borghero





Subpart 4 Upper Zab (Hakkari)

22 Jilu

 Samuel Ethan Fox



23 Txuma

 Shabo Talay





Subpart 5 Central Zab

24 Bidyal

 Geoffrey Khan and Nineb Lamassu



25 Jewish Barzan

 Hezy Mutzafi





Subpart 6 Inter-Zab

26 Jewish Arbel

 Geoffrey Khan





Subpart 7 Trans-Zab

27 Christian Urmi

 Geoffrey Khan



28 Jewish Kerend

 Simon Hopkins



29 Neo-Mandaic

 Charles G. Häberl

Part 5 Illustrations

Maps



Plates



Bibliography

Index

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