| Also Known As: Suryoyo,Syryoyo,Turani,Süryani,Turoyo
Description:
Turoyo is traditionally spoken in eastern Turkey and north-eastern Syria by the Assyrian/Syriac people.
From the word ṭuro, meaning 'mountain', Ṭuroyo is the mountain tongue of the Tur Abdin in southeastern Turkey.
A far older name for the language is Ṣurayt, and it is used by a number of speakers of the language in preference to Ṭuroyo. However, especially in the diaspora, the language is frequently called Sëryoyo (or Sŭryoyo or Saryoyo depending on dialect), meaning 'Syrian'. Most speakers use Classical Syriac, or Kthobonoyo, for literature and worship. Turoyo speakers are all traditionally members of the Syriac Orthodox Church. There is increasing interest in reviving Kthobonoyo, the classical language, as a spoken language. This is most acute among non-Turoyo-speaking Syriac Orthodox, whose first language may be Arabic, German, Swedish, English, Malayalam or another language. This, and the church's preference for Kthobonoyo, has had some impact on Turoyo.
Until recently, Turoyo was a spoken vernacular and was never written down: Kthobonoyo was the written language. In the 1880s, various attempts were made, with the encouragement of western missionaries, to write Turoyo in the..... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Turoyo Language Speakers
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39.198767, 34.072302, Turkey
49.837982, 105.820313, Asia</googlemap>
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