Lishana Deni Language (lsd) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Lishan Hudaye,Lishan Hozaye,Kurdit,Judeo-aramaic De...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Lishan Hudaye,Lishan Hozaye,Kurdit,Judeo-aramaic

<b>Description:</b>

Lishana Deni is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in the town of Zakho and its surrounding villages in northern Iraq, on the border with Turkey. Most speakers now live in and around Jerusalem. The name Lishana Deni means 'our language', and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan, Lishanid Noshan). Other popular names for the language are Lishan Hozaye, 'the language of the Jews', and Kurdit, 'Kurdish'. Scholarly sources tend simply to refer to Lishana Deni as Zakho Jewish Neo-Aramaic.
Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from the Zakho region, in the west, to Lake Urmia, in the northeast to Sanandaj, in the southeast (the are covers northern Iraq and northwestern Iran). However, there is very little intelligibility between Lishana Deni and the other Jewish dialects. On the other hand, there is quite reasonable intelligibility between it and the Christian Neo-Aramaic dialects spoken in the region. The Christian dialect of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is closest to Lishana Deni, followed by the less intelligible Ashiret dialects of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Like other<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1368149 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_lsd_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_lsd_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/israel Israel]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>lsd</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Afro-Asiatic Group]]

    [[Semitic Group]]

      [[Central Semitic Group]]

        [[Aramaic Group]]

          [[Eastern Aramaic Group]]

            [[Central Eastern Group]]

              [[Northeastern Central Group]]

                <b>[[Lishana Deni Language]]</b>

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