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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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84,000

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"3,000 in Turkey (1994 H. Mutzafi). Ethnic population: 50,000 to 70,000 (1994)."

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2009

Location and Context

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Lebanon; USA; Belgium; Iraq; Sweden; Australia; Syria; Germany; Brazil; Canada; Netherlands; Turkey; Argentina;

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Southeast Turkey, Mardin Province (originally).

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Southeast Turkey, Mardin Province (originally).

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50,000

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2010

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37.405, 41.3745

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37.23, 42.15

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Year of info

2013

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37.1900, 40.4416

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2011

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Turkey, US, Canada, Australia, Central Europe, Scandinavia,

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"The original homeland of the Turoyo language is the so-called Tur-'Abdin, a compact area in the eastern part of Mardin province, in south-east Turkey. The Turoyo-speaking population who lived there were Christian and largely adhered to the Syrian Orthodox Church. The ethnocide of the Armenians in 1915 also brought death and destruction to Tur 'Abdin but did not lead to a wholesale extermination of the ethnic group. By 1970 an estimated 20,000 Turoyo speakers still lived in the area, but due to continuing pressure they gradually emigrated to Western Europe and other parts of the world. The Turoyo-speaking diaspora in Central Europe and Scandinavia is estimated at some 40,000 people, and there are also large communities in the United States, Canada and Australia while only a few hundred speakers remain in the original homeland."

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"The original homeland of the Turoyo language is the so-called Tur-'Abdin, a compact area in the eastern part of Mardin province, in south-east Turkey. The Turoyo-speaking population who lived there were Christian and largely adhered to the Syrian Orthodox Church. The ethnocide of the Armenians in 1915 also brought death and destruction to Tur 'Abdin but did not lead to a wholesale extermination of the ethnic group. By 1970 an estimated 20,000 Turoyo speakers still lived in the area, but due to continuing pressure they gradually emigrated to Western Europe and other parts of the world. The Turoyo-speaking diaspora in Central Europe and Scandinavia is estimated at some 40,000 people, and there are also large communities in the United States, Canada and Australia while only a few hundred speakers remain in the original homeland."

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22,556

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19,356 Christians in Tur 'Abdin, 1,500 in Istanbul, 150 in Ankara, 1,000 in Diyarbkir, 100 in El Aziz, 100 in Malatya, and 350 in Adiyaman. Outside the central village, people who move to cities typically no longer speak the language.

Year of info

1967

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Turkey; Iraq; Syria; Lebanon; Jordan; USA

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There are diaspora communities in Lebanon, the US, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iraq. Those in Syria in Lebanon are under greater Arabic influence.

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Used in the church

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Syrian, Latin

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There are diaspora communities in Lebanon, the US, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iraq. Those in Syria in Lebanon are under greater Arabic influence.

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Kurdish, Turkish, Kurmanci ('North Kurdish'), Arabic

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There is a lot of languages mixing among cohabiting ethnic groups. Arabic is the most prevalent, with more borrowing of Arabic words into Turoyo, and a few nouns and particles from Kurmanci.

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84,000

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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    Charles Häberl. 2013. "Personal Communication."
  8. Turoyo and Mlahso
    Otto Jastrow. 2011. "Turoyo and Mlahso." In Semitic Languages: An International Handbook, edited by Stefan Weninger. 697-708. de Gruyter.
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    Jastrow, Otto. 1992. "Lehrbuch Der Ex͡tsubdotT." 2: Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.