Zakho, Christian
| Community: | Christian |
| Location: | NW Iraq |
| Source: | Robert Hoberman, 'Chaldean Aramaic of Zakho', in R. Contini, F. Pennacchietti and M. Tosco (eds.), Semitica: Serta Philologica Constantino Tsereteli Dicata, Turin, pp. 115-126. Kristine Mole, The Chaldean Dialect of Zakho, M.Phil. dissertation, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge, 2002. |
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A large proportion of the Christian Neo-Aramaic speakers in Zakho are immigrants from villages in the surrounding area. This results in a certain lack uniformity in the linguistic data gathered from the Christian informants who were residents in the town.
🔊 The Bridge of Dalale (in Zakho)
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