Summary Details
| Query: |
Status of Assyrian Language
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| Author: | Ahmad R. Lotfi | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Historical Linguistics
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| Summary: |
Dear linguists,
In my posting to LINGUIST (vol-12-2314) concerning Steinberg' chapter in O'Grady et al (2001), I wrote: > >(3) On page 376, Steinbergs considers Assyrian to be an extinct >language with no native-speakers. As far as I know, we've got >some native-speakers of this language living in Urmia (north- >west of Iran). Iranian Assyrians are a small Christian >community, and this must have helped them to retain their >native language. > Larry Trask and Peter T. Daniels remind me that the variety spoken by Iranian Assyrians (like those from Iraq and Syrria) must be a variety of Modern Aramaic which they themselves call Assyrian, too. The Assyrian language itself is now extinct. Best regards, Ahmad R. Lotfi |
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| LL Issue: | 12.2363 | |
| Date Posted: | 24-Sep-2001 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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