The neo-Aramaic dialect of Barwar / / by Geoffrey Khan.

• Author: Khan, Geoffrey.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English; Aramaic
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (2236 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Aramaic language has continued to be spoken in various dialects down to modern times. Many of these dialects, however, are now endangered due to political events in the Middle East over the last hundred years. This work, in three volumes, presents a description of one such endangered neo-Aramaic dialect, that of the Assyrian Christian community of the Barwar region in northern Iraq. It is a unique record of the dialect based on interviews with the surviving older generation of the community. Volume one contains a detailed grammatical description of the dialect, including sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume two contains an extensive glossary of the lexicon of the dialect with illustrations of various aspects of the material culture. Volume three contains transcriptions of numerous recorded texts, including folktales, ethnographic texts, songs, and proverbs.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Khan -- Introduction / G. Khan -- Chapter One. Consonants / G. Khan -- Chapter Two. Vowels / G. Khan -- Chapter Three. Consonant Gemination / G. Khan -- Chapter Four. Syllable Structure / G. Khan -- Chapter Five. Word Stress / G. Khan -- Chapter Six. Stress Groups / G. Khan -- Chapter Seven. Pronouns / G. Khan -- Chapter Eight. Verbs / G. Khan -- Chapter Nine. Verb Paradigms / G. Khan -- Chapter Ten. Nouns / G. Khan -- Chapter Eleven. Adjectives / G. Khan -- Chapter Twelve. Numerals / G. Khan -- Chapter Thirteen. Particles / G. Khan -- Chapter Fourteen. The Syntax Of Nominals / G. Khan -- Chapter Fifteen. The Syntax Of Verbs / G. Khan -- Chapter Sixteen. The Syntax Of Prepositions / G. Khan -- Chapter Seventeen. The Clause / G. Khan -- Chapter Eighteen. Clause Sequences / G. Khan -- Chapter Nineteen. Syntactic Subordination Of Clauses / G. Khan -- Chapter Twenty. Remarks On The Lexicon / G. Khan -- Chapter Twenty-One. Semantic Fields / G. Khan -- Glossary Of Verbs / G. Khan -- General Glossary / G. Khan -- Illustrations / G. Khan -- Preliminary Material / G. Khan -- Contents / G. Khan -- A1 The Wise Snake. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A2 The Priest And The Mullah. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A3 The Selfish Neighbour. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A4 A Tale Of A Prince And A Princess. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A5 The Cooking Pot. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A6 A Hundred Gold Coins. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A7 A Man Called Čuxo. Informant: Yuwǝl Yuanna (Dure) / G. Khan -- A8 Gozali And Nozali. Informant: Nanǝs Bǝnyamǝn (ʾƐn-Nune) / G. Khan -- A9 The Scorpion And The Snake. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A10 I Am Worth The Same As A Blind Wolf. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A11 Dǝmdǝma. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A12 The King With Forty Sons. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A13 A Tale Of Two Kings. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A14 Tales From The 1001 Nights. Informant: Yuwarǝš Xošăba Kena (Dure) / G. Khan -- A15 The Monk And The Angel. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A16 The Monk Who Wanted To Know When He Would Die. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A17 The Wise Young Man. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A18 Baby Leliθa. Informant: Xošebo ʾodišo (ʾƐn-Nune) / G. Khan -- A19 The Leliθa From Čāl. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A20 The Bear And The Fox. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A21 The Daughter Of The King. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A22 The Sale Of An Ox. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A23 The Man Who Wanted To Work. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A24 The Tale Of Parizada, Warda And Nargis. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A25 The Tale Of Farxo And Sǝttiya. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A26 The Tale Of Mămo And Zine. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan -- A27 The Tale Of Mǝrza Pămǝt. Informant: Dawið ʾadam (Dure) / G. Khan.