Modern Aramaic

[Michael Noonan]

In addition to works on Modern Aramaic Heinecke mentions, there is also:
        Georg Krotkoff:  A Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Kurdistan.
                New Haven: American Oriental Society. 1982.

Mickey Noonan

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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Johannes Heinecke wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, John Myhill wrote:
>
> > Does anyone out there know about published studies of Modern Aramaic
> > (or at least the Aramaic of the last 1000 years), particularly the
> > sociolinguistic situation of the language, or the names/email addresses of
> > scholars specializing in or at least knowing something about Modern
> > Aramaic? Thanks for any help.
> > John Myhill
>
>
> Hi,
>
> several volumes describing phonology, morphology and syntax of aramaic
> varieties still spoken have been published in a series ``Semitica Viva''
> edited by Otto Jastrow with Harrassowitz-Verlag. Jastrow himself wrote
>
> Jastrow, Otto: Der neuaramaeische Dialekt von Hertevin
> (Provinz Siirt). Semitica Viva ; 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1988.
>  ISBN: 3-447-02767-3.
>
> Jastrow, Otto: Laut- und Formenlehre des neuaramaeischen
> Dialekts von Midin im .Tur `Abdin: Semitica Viva ; 9. Wiesbaden
> Harrassowitz (4edn) 1993. ISBN: 3-447-03334-7.
>
> As far as I know there are also descriptions of
> .Turoyo and Ma`lula available.
>
> Jastrow is professor for Semitic studies at Erlangen University.
> http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2orient/
> I do not know whether he's on e-mail.
>
> Best regards
> Johannes
>
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