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Where is Assyrian Neo-Aramaic spoken?

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is an Afro-Asiatic language, spoken in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is spoken

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is spoken in 4 countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

Country
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic?

Wikidata gives about 232,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Assyrian Neo-Aramaic sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Assyrian Neo-Aramaic as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Afro-Asiatic
  2. Semitic
  3. West Semitic
  4. Central Semitic
  5. Northwest Semitic
  6. Aramaic
  7. Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaic
  8. Middle-Modern Aramaic
  9. Eastern Aramaic
  10. Central Eastern Aramaic
  11. North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic
  12. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Related languages

Other languages in the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic group:

More about Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Codes: ISO 639-3 aii, Glottolog assy1241. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Where is Assyrian Neo-Aramaic spoken?

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is spoken in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

How many people speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic?

Wikidata gives about 232,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.

Which language family is Assyrian Neo-Aramaic in?

Glottolog places Assyrian Neo-Aramaic in the Afro-Asiatic family, in the branch Semitic, West Semitic, Central Semitic, Northwest Semitic, Aramaic, Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaic, Middle-Modern Aramaic, Eastern Aramaic, Central Eastern Aramaic and North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic.

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