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Qaraqosh (Baghdede): The Town of Baǧdedə

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Transcribed by	Source	Speakers	Place
Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2002	-	London, UK

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0:00	Baġdèdəˈ ʾáhila máṯa ʿatúqta ḥèlə.ˈ yəʾə́lwāla káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥˈ ʿan-ʾùrxədˈ də̀-xxaˈ šə̀mməḥˈ Már Yoḥánna Dilèmi.ˈ ʾáhu muʾə́llə káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥ.ˈ ʾu-bníwālə dèra,ˈ kəmríwālə dérəd Mar-Qurṭàya,ˈ ʾu-raḥóqewa ʿan-Baġdèdə.ˈ fa-xanáwa xanàwa,ˈ ʾə́ṯwa xəḏərwánəḥ ʾilànat-u.ˈ ʾu-wúḏwāle ṣàwmaʿ.ˈ ʾu-baʿdén ṯílə lə-Baġdèdə,ˈ qrúlə l-Baġdèdə,ˈ ʾu-muʾə́llə káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥ.ˈ Baġdèdəˈ ʾáhila máṯa ʿatúqta ḥèlə.ˈ yəʾə́lwāla káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥˈ ʿan-ʾùrxədˈ də̀-xxaˈ šə̀mməḥˈ Már Yoḥánna Dilèmi.ˈ ʾáhu muʾə́llə káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥ.ˈ ʾu-bníwālə dèra,ˈ kəmríwālə dérəd Mar-Qurṭàya,ˈ ʾu-raḥóqewa ʿan-Baġdèdə.ˈ fa-xanáwa xanàwa,ˈ ʾə́ṯwa xəḏərwánəḥ ʾilànat-u.ˈ ʾu-wúḏwāle ṣàwmaʿ.ˈ ʾu-baʿdén ṯílə lə-Baġdèdə,ˈ qrúlə l-Baġdèdə,ˈ ʾu-muʾə́llə káṯlaka ʾə̀llaḥ.ˈ	Baǧdedə is a very ancient town. Catholicism entered it by means of one named Mar Yoḥanna Dilemi. He brought Catholicism into it it. He built a monastery, which was called the monastery of Mar Qurṭaya. It was distant from Baǧdedə. Gradually there were trees around it. He made a cell. After this he came to Baǧdedə, he came close to Baǧdedə and brought Catholicism into it.

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