Neo-Aramaic dialect of Bohtan
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Bohtan Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by ethnic Assyrians on the plain of Bohtan in the Ottoman Empire. Its speakers were displaced during the Assyrian genocide in 1915 and settled in Gardabani, near Rustavi in Georgia, Göygöl and Ağstafa in Azerbaijan. However it is now spoken in Moscow, Krymsk and Novopavlosk, Russia. It is considered to be a dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic since it is a northeastern Aramaic language and its speakers are ethnically Assyrians.
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Bohtan Neo-Aramaic | |
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ܣܘܪܬ Sôreth | |
Native to | Russia, Georgia |
Region | Krymsk, Novopavlovsk, Kvemo Kartli |
Native speakers | 760 (2020)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bhn |
Glottolog | boht1238 |
ELP | Bohtan Neo-Aramaic |
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The closest related dialect is Hertevin, and Bohtan also shares many similarities with the peripheral Qaraqosh dialect.[2]