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<html> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.ethnologue.com:80/14/show_language.asp?code=LSD","20070109085514","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1168332914"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Ethnologue 14 report for language code:LSD</title> <meta name="Keywords" content="LSD, LISHANA DENI, Israel, Ethnologue, Ethnologue 14 edition archives, Languages of the World, SIL, Summer Institute of Linguistics"> <meta name="Description" content="Ethnologue 14 and bibliography information on LISHANA DENI."> <script language="javascript">  </script> <style type="text/css"> BODY { background-color: #FFFFFF; margin-top: 60; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif } H1 { text-align: center } CAPTION { font-weight: bold } .menu_item { padding-left: 15pt; font: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .foot { FONT FACE: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT SIZE: smaller; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 8pt; margin-bottom: 4pt } .details { FONT SIZE: smaller } .MainTitle { color: 999999; text-align: center; } TH { color: #808080 } </style> <meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOARCHIVE"> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body>  <h1 align="CENTER">LISHANA DENI: a language of <a href="show_country.asp?name=Israel">Israel</a></h1> <div class="new"> <p>The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).<br> It has been superseded by the <a href="/web/20070109085514/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lsd">corresponding entry</a> in the 15th edition (2005).</p> </div> <div align="center"> <p>SIL code: LSD</p> <p>ISO 639-2: <a href="show_iso639.asp?code=sem">sem</a></p> </div> <table> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Population</i></td> <td>7,000 to 8,000 (1999 H. Mutzafi). </td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Region</i></td> <td>Jerusalem and vicinity, including Maoz Tsiyon. Originally from northwest Iraqi Kurdistan. </td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Alternate names  </i></td> <td>JUDEO-ARAMAIC, LISHAN HUDAYE, LISHAN HOZAYE, KURDIT</td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Dialects</i></td> <td>ZAKHO, AMADIYA, NERWA, DOHUK, ATRUSH, B脡TANURE, SANDU.</td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Classification</i></td> <td><a href="show_lang_family.asp?code=LSD">Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Comments</i></td> <td>Resembles Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, but there are differences in morphology and other features. Inherent intelligibility is high between them. Low intelligibility with Ashirat dialects of Assyrian New-Aramaic; not intelligible with other Neo-Aramaic varieties. All over 50 years old (1998). Investigation needed: intelligibility with Chaldean Neo-Aramaic. Hebrew script is used. Jewish. 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