Turoyo | |
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Surayt/Suryoyo | |
ܛܘܪܝܐ Turoyo | |
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)[1] |
Syriac alphabet (West Syriac Serṭo) Latin alphabet (Turoyo alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tru |
Glottolog | turo1239 |
ELP | Turoyo |
Neo-Aramaic languages, including Turoyo (represented in red colour) | |
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Turoyo (Turoyo: ܛܘܪܝܐ), also referred to as Surayt (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo (Turoyo: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Assyrians in the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and in northern Syria. Turoyo speakers are mostly adherents of the Syriac Orthodox Church, but there are also some Turoyo-speaking adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, especially from the towns of Midyat and Qamishli. The language is also spoken throughout diaspora, among modern Assyrians.[5] It is classified as a vulnerable language.[6][7] Most speakers use the Classical Syriac language for literature and worship.[8] Its closest relatives are Mlaḥsô and western varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic like Suret.[9] Turoyo is not mutually intelligible with Western Neo-Aramaic, having been separated for over a thousand years.[10]
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