The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Urmi

ISBN-13: 9781593334253 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 644 str.

Geoffrey Khan

Opis

This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Urmi in north-western Iran but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales, historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive glossary.