Mutzafi, Hezy
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq (Iraqi Kurdistan)

This book describes the dialect of the Jewish community of the town of Koy Sanjaq in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan which is now spoken only by few elderly people in Israel. The dialect displays the typical features of the Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects east of the Greater Zab river. The phonological analysis, though synchronic in principal, deals also with major diachronic processes which have shaped the phonological profile of the dialect. In morphology, the complicated verbal system of the dialect is described in great detail. The book contains a selection of texts which represents the different genres of oral literature (historical narrative, fable, Jewish legend, oral translation of the Bible). The comprehensive glossary is extensively etymological and offers insights based on comparative data from numerous Aramaic dialects. XVIII,260 Seiten mit einer Karte, broschiert (Semitica Viva; Band 32/Harrassowitz Verlag 2004)