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Jewish Neo-Aramaic of Dohok
Region	Duhok, Israel
Ethnicity	Assyrian Jews
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic languages Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Eastern Aramaic Jewish Neo-Aramaic of Dohok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Dohok is a dialect of Aramaic spoken by Jews born in Duhok or descended of those who left Iraq.

History

The first records of a Jewish community in Duhok date to the late 19th century. Judeo-Dohoki Aramaic was spoken by the Jewish community in Duhok until they were forced to flee to Israel. After they arrived their children continued learning the language until the 1950's. This means that the youngest speakers are in their 60's or 70's and so the language is severely endangered.

Sample Text

Judeo-Duhoki Aramaic.	English
ʾǝθ-wa xa beθa d-ʿāyə̀š-∅-wa…bab-ət beθa d-ʿāyǝš-∅-wa mǝn ṣìwe. g-ezǝl-∅-wa go ṭùra, q-qāte-∅-wa ṣìwe g-meθè-∅-wa-lu, dāré-∅-wa-lu. g-ewə̀ð-∅-wā-lu kàrta,ˈg-dāré-∅-wa-lu kàrta rəš xmara dìde. u-g-nābə́l-∅-wa-lu šùqa,ˈ gǝ-mzābǝn-∅-wa-lu. k-eθé-∅-wa,ˈ g-meθe-∅-wa ʾĭxala ta yalunke dìde.	There was a household who used to live on… whose father used to make his living by woodcutting. He used to go to the mountain and cut pieces of wood. He would bring them, place them on his donkey. He would bind them in a bundle. He would put them [as] a bundle on his donkey’s back. He would take them to the market and sell them. Then, he would come back home and bring food for his children.