Sanandaj Jewish Neo-Aramaic Explained

Sanandaj Neo-Aramaic
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Semitic
Fam3:Central Semitic
Fam4:Northwest Semitic
Fam5:Aramaic
Fam6:Eastern Aramaic
Fam7:Northeastern

Sanandaj Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a variety of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by Jews in the city of Sanandaj, Iran. It is much more closely related to other Trans-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects than the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Christians in the same town.

Phonology

Consonants!!!Labial!Dental / Alveolar!Palato-alveolar!Velar!Uvular!Pharyngeal!Laryngeal
Stops / affricatesUnvoicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Emphatic(ṭ)
FricativesUnvoicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Emphatic(ṣ), (ż)
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/ (pronounced as /link/)
Rhoticpronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, (pronounced as /link/)
Approximantpronounced as /link/
The historically pharyngealized consonants /ṭ/ and /ṣ/ in the current language have merged with /t/ and /s/ in many environments but sometimes affect the pronunciation of surrounding vowels. /lˤ/ and /rˤ/ are consistently pharyngealized.

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