| Lishana Deni | |
|---|---|
| לשנא דניLišānā Denī | |
| Pronunciation | [liˈʃɑnɑˈdɛni] |
| Native to | Iraq |
| Region | Zakho, Iraq |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lsd |
| Glottolog | lish1247 |
| ELP | Lishana Deni |
TheJewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho[1][2][3] is a dialect ofNortheastern Neo-Aramaic originallyspoken by Jews inZakho, Iraq. Following theexodus of Jews from the Muslim lands, most speakers now live inIsrael, principallyJerusalem and surrounding villages.
It is unknown exactly how person markers are established as either pronominal affixes, or agreement markers. There are two explanations. The first relies on synchronic change, using evidence from Classical Syriac. This analysis reveals that the same person marker may simply behave differently in different syntactic environments. The second explanation suggests that there is no clear-cut dichotomy between pronominal affixes and agreement markers at all, citing transitional cases as an example.[4]
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