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A Handbook of Neo-Aramaic
Series: - Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics, Volume: 6
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.
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.
Simon Hopkins is Professor Emeritus of Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include Studies in the Grammar of Early Arabic (Oxford 1984) and (together with J. Blau) Early Judaeo-Arabic in Phonetic Spelling, I-II (Jerusalem 2017-2024).
Steven E. Fassberg, Ph.D. (1984), Harvard University, is the Caspar Levias Professor Emeritus of Ancient Semitic Languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa (Brill, 2010).
Steven E. Fassberg, Ph.D. (1984), Harvard University, is the Caspar Levias Professor Emeritus of Ancient Semitic Languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa (Brill, 2010).
Preface
Abbreviations and Symbols
General Introduction to Neo-Aramaic
Simon Hopkins
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
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
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
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
Maps
Plates
Bibliography
Index
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
For students and scholars of Aramaic, Semitic languages, Jewish languages, endangered linguistics, and historical linguistics.