Senaya

Facts

  • Language: Senaya
  • Alternate names: Sena:ya, Christian Neo-Aramaic, Shan Sray, Lshan Sray, Soray, Sray, Shan Gyanan
  • Language code: syn
  • Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <200
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Syriac script.

More information:

    Christian (Chaldean).

    From Charles Häberl: [Senaya is] "distinct from other sub-groups and not mutually intelligible. Located at the Southeastern periphery of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects. Same vicinity as Hulaulá but not mutually intelligible. Chaldean Catholics from Iranian Kurdistan."