Neo-Aramaic (Persian Azerbaijan)

WALS coordinates: 38° N, 47° E

spoken in Iran, Israel

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Aramaic
Routledge:
  • Aramaic
Other:
  • Persian Azerbaijan Jewish Aramaic
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories Average
Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately high
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In both plosives and fricatives
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants Uvular stops and continuants
Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels None
Syllable Structure Complex
Tone No tones
Absence of Common Consonants All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
Verbal Categories
The Morphological Imperative Second singular and second plural