Turoyo
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language from the Central Neo-Aramaic language family
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [tˤuˈrɔjɔ]
- Native to
- Turkey , Syria
- Region
- Mardin Province of southeastern Turkey ; Al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria
- Ethnicity
- Assyrians
- Native speakers
- 100,000 (2019–2023)
- Language family
- Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Central Neo-Aramaic Turoyo
- Writing system
- Syriac alphabet (West Syriac Serṭo) , Latin alphabet ( Turoyo alphabet )
- Recognised minority language in
- Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Turkey
- Iso 639 3
- tru
- Glottolog
- turo1239
- Elp
- Turoyo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Central Neo-Aramaic
- Country
- Turkey
- Image
- Turoyo language map 1960s-Russian.png
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- Wikimedia language code
- tru
- writing system
- Latin script
- topic's main category
- Category:Turoyo language
- native label
- Surayt
- indigenous to
- Tur Abdin
- Commons category
- Turoyo language
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 84000
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Encyclopedic overview
Turoyo (Turoyo: ܛܘܪܝܐ), also referred to as Surayt (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by the Syriac Christian community in the Tur Abdin region located in southeastern Turkey and in northeastern Syria. Turoyo speakers are mostly adherents of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Originally spoken and exclusive to Tur Abdin, it is now majority spoken in the diaspora. It is classified as a vulnerable language. Most speakers use the Classical Syriac language for literature and worship. Its closest relatives are Mlaḥsô and western varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic like Suret. Turoyo is not mutually intelligible with Western Neo-Aramaic, having been separated for over a thousand years.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turoyo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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