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- Afroasiatic
- Eastern Aramaic
- Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
ISO 639-3 · cldcld
Afroasiatic family
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a language of the Eastern Aramaic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Iraq. Wikidata describes it as “Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken on the plain of Mosul in northern Iraq”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cld- Glottocode
chal1275- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Chaldean Neo-Aramaic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chaldo-Assyrian Neo-Aramaic |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
The branches above Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iraq
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationckbCentral KurdishIndo-European · 7.2 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsdhSouthern KurdishIndo-European · 3 m6a · VigorouslkiLakiIndo-European · 1.5 m6a · Vigorous