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A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic: the dialect of the Jews of Arbel
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1999

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Israel;

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Spoken in the Mesopotamian region for over 2,000 years...spoken by Jewish communities in various areas of Kurdistan. All of these communities have now left Kurdistan and settled, for the most part, in Israel.

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Spoken in the Mesopotamian region for over 2,000 years...spoken by Jewish communities in various areas of Kurdistan. All of these communities have now left Kurdistan and settled, for the most part, in Israel.

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The contacts between the Arabic-speaking Jews and those whose vernacular was Aramaic resulted in a high degree of bilingualism. Many of the Arabic-speaking Jews of Arbel had Aramaic-speaking family relations in both the town and in the surrounding villages. They also had close professional contacts with the Aramaic-speaking Jews. On account of this, the Jews in Arbel whose first language was Arabic often spoke the local Aramaic dialect fluently. The Jews of Arbel and the surrounding area generally also spoke Kurdish.

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2002

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Iraq, Kurdistan, Israel

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Hebrew; Arabic

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3,000

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2010

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31.7188,34.7772

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2,250

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2,250 (1994 H. Mutzafi)

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2009

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Israel; Iraq;

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2008

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Iraqi Kurdistan; Israel

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Arabic, Kurdish

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2013

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36.1128, 44.033

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2004

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Iraqi Kurdistan; Israel

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Today (2003), 52 years after their immigration to Israel, most of the Koyne live in the cooperative villages of Shtula, Elqosh (both in Galilee) and Noga (in the Negev); and in the towns of Nahariyya, Ashqelon, Ashdod, and Bat-Yam.

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Today (2003), 52 years after their immigration to Israel, most of the Koyne live in the cooperative villages of Shtula, Elqosh (both in Galilee) and Noga (in the Negev); and in the towns of Nahariyya, Ashqelon, Ashdod, and Bat-Yam.

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Kurdish; Hebrew

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2000

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Iraq; Israel

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"The [Arbel] dialect... was spoken by Jews in the region of Arbel... seventy-seven kilometers east of Maws̞il." Many speakers emigrated to Israel in the mid-20th century.

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"The [Arbel] dialect... was spoken by Jews in the region of Arbel... seventy-seven kilometers east of Maws̞il." Many speakers emigrated to Israel in the mid-20th century.

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