Gli Assiri di Tehran: un profilo sociolinguistico
The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi is drastically losing its speakers who abandoned their villages of origin as a consequence of the tragic events of the last century. This article is a result of the fieldwork conducted by the author in 2012 in Tehran, with the purpose of exa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/3312 |
| Summary: | The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi is drastically losing its speakers who abandoned their villages of origin as a consequence of the tragic events of the last century. This article is a result of the fieldwork conducted by the author in 2012 in Tehran, with the purpose of examining the vitality of this endangered Neo-Aramaic variety in Iran, more specifically in the capital city, where since the 4th decades of the 20th century a large community of Assyrians is found. The author sketches the sociolinguistic situation of the Assyrians of Tehran, using interviews, self-declarations and materials collected on the field. |
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| ISSN: | 1825-263X |