The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 54)

by Steven Ellis Fassberg, Steven E. Fassberg

This work is a unique documentation of the now extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa (modern-day Çukurca, Turkey). It is based on recordings of the last native speaker of the dialect, who passed away in 2007. In addition to a grammatical description, it contains sample texts and a glossary of the dialect.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2009