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- Title
Gli assiri di Tehran: Un profilo sociolinguistico.
- Authors
Sherkat, Harir
- Abstract
The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi is drastically losing its speakers who abandoned their villages of origin as a consequence of the tragic events of the last century. This article is a result of the fieldwork conducted by the author in 2012 in Tehran, with the purpose of examining the vitality of this endangered Neo-Aramaic variety in Iran, more specifically in the capital city, where since the 4th decades of the 20th century a large community of Assyrians is found. The author sketches the sociolinguistic situation of the Assyrians of Tehran, using interviews, self-declarations and materials collected on the field.
- Publication
Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2019, Vol 23, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
1825-263X
- Publication type
Article