Neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh

Qaraqosh Neo-Aramaic
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Northeastern Qaraqosh Neo-Aramaic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Qaraqosh is one of the most conservative dialects of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic,^[1] spoken by ethnic Assyrians in the city of Qaraqosh (Bakhdida) in Iraq. Qaraqosh dialect has some similarities with the Aramaic spoken in nearby Karamlesh.^[2] It is a peripheral dialect in the dialect continuum of Neo-Aramaic stretching from Turoyo to western Iran.^[3]

References

^ Khan, G. (2007). "The North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects". Journal of Semitic Studies. 52 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1093/jss/fgl034.
^ Borghero, Roberta. "Some Features of the Verbal System of the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Karamlesh". Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies. Gorgias Press. pp. 75–90. ISBN 978-1-4632-1161-5.
^ Kim, Ronald (2008). ""Stammbaum" or Continuum? The Subgrouping of Modern Aramaic Dialects Reconsidered". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 128 (3): 505–531. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 25608409.

Historical	Proto-Arabic Old Arabic Ancient North Arabian Dadanitic Dumaitic Hasaitic Hismaic Safaitic Taymanitic Thamudic Nabataean Arabic Pre-classical Arabic
Literary	Classical Modern Standard
Dialect groups	Egyptian Arabic Levantine Maghrebi Siculo-Arabic Maltese Mesopotamian Peninsular

Northwest

Aramaic

Historical

Eastern

Western

Lebanese
Nabataean
Palestinian
- Christian Palestinian
- Galilean
- Jewish Palestinian
- Samaritan
Palmyrene

Neo-
Aramaic

North-
eastern

Christian	Barwar Bohtan Hértevin Koy Sanjaq Christian Qaraqosh Senaya Suret Assyrian Chaldean Urmia Christian
Jewish	Barzani Betanure Inter-Zab Koy Sanjaq Jewish Sanandaj Trans-Zab Urmia Jewish Zakho