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Being direct descendants of the Aramaic spoken by the Jews in antiquity, the still spoken Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects of Kurdistan deserve special and vivid interest. Geoffrey Khan’s A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic is a unique record of one of these dialects, now on the verge of extinction. This volume, the result of extensive fieldwork, contains a description of the dialect spoken by the Jews from the region of Arbel (Iraqi Kurdistan), together with a transcription of recorded texts and a glossary. The grammar consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax, preceded by an introductory chapter examining the position of this dialect in relation to the other known Neo-Aramaic dialects. The transcribed texts record folktales and accounts of customs, traditions and experiences of the Jews of Kurdistan.

Aramaic language --- Jews --- Araméen (langue) --- Juifs --- Dialects --- Grammar --- Languages --- Dialectes --- Grammaire --- Langues --- Grammar. --- Languages. --- 809.24-087 --- 296 <567> --- -Jews --- -492.2 --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Aramean language --- Biblical Aramaic language --- Chaldaic language --- Chaldean language (Aramaic) --- Chaldee language --- Semitic languages, Northwest --- Syriac language --- Hebreeuws: dialecten --- Judaïsme. Jodendom--Irak --- -Grammar --- Languages Afro-Asiatic Semitic Aramaic languages --- 809.24-087 Hebreeuws: dialecten --- Araméen (langue) --- 492.2 --- Dialects&delete& --- Aramaic language - Dialects - Iraq - Irbåil Region - Grammar. --- Jews - Iraq - Irbåil Region - Languages. --- Aramaic language - Dialects - Iraq - Irbil Region - Grammar. --- Jews - Iraq - Irbil Region - Languages. --- Syriac language, Modern --- Assyrian language, Modern --- Assyro-Babylonian language, Modern --- Neo-Aramaic language