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 |
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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 the Syriac Christian community in the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and in northern Syria.[5][6] 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.[citation needed] Originally spoken and exclusive to Tur Abdin, it is now majority spoken in the diaspora.[7] It is classified as a vulnerable language.[8][9] Most speakers use the Classical Syriac language for literature and worship.[10] Its closest relatives are Mlaḥsô and western varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic like Suret.[11] Turoyo is not mutually intelligible with Western Neo-Aramaic, having been separated for over a thousand years.[12]
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