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Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near Aqrah in Iraq. The native name of the language is Lishanid Janan which means ‘our language’ and is similar to names used by other Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects (Lishan Didan Lishanid Noshan).

ISO 639-3 code
bjf
family
Aramaic language, Semitic languages, Eastern Aramaic languages, Central Semitic languages
spoken in
Jerusalem, Iraq, Israel

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