Alternate Names: Galihalu, Lakhlokhi, Lishanán, Lishanid Nash Didán, Persian Azerbaijan Jewish Aramaic
Dialects: Northern Cluster Lishán Didán (Anatolia, Salmas, Urmi), Southern Cluster Lishán Didán (Mahabad, Naghada, Ushno). 60%-70% intelligibility of Hulaulá , and Lishanid Noshan ,, but not of other Aramaic languages. The Urmi variety of Lishán Didán is different from the Urmi variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,230 in Israel (2001). Population total all countries: 4,450.
Language Use: Older adults. Hebrew [heb] is L2. Some multilingual; many married nonspeakers.
Language Development: OT.
Writing System: Hebrew
Nation of Origin: Israel
Other Comments: Many loanwords from Kurdish, Turkish ,, Arabic, Eastern Farsi , or Western Farsi ,, Hebrew ,, and several European languages. Glossonym: Judeo-Kurdish or Azerbaijani Kurdish, both erroneous. Originally from Iranian Azerbaijan and southeast Turkey. Jewish.