Christian Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barwar

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Barwar Neo-Aramaic
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Barwar Christian Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic spoken by ethnic Assyrians in the Barwari region of Iraq and Turkey.

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Phonology

Consonants [1]
Labial Dental / alveolar Palatoalveolar Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Laryngeal
Stops / affricates Unvoiced aspirated tʃʰ ʔ
Unaspirated p t k
Voiced b d g
Emphatic tʃˤ
Fricatives Unvoiced f s , θ ʃ x ħ h
Voiced w z , ð ʒ ɣ
Emphatic ,
Nasal m , n
Lateral l ,
Rhotic ɾ , r
Approximant w j

References

  1. Khan 2009, p. 29.

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