Turoyo

Facts

  • Language: Turoyo
  • Alternate names: Ṭurōyō, Suryoyo, Syryoyo, Turani, Süryani
  • Language code: tru
  • Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northwestern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 84,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script, primary usage. Syriac script.

More information:

    Glossonym: Tûrôyo, known among scholars almost exclusively; Suryoyo, is popular. Western Syriac, refers to the Classical Western Syriac (See: [[Syriac]]) liturgy and orthography used by Turoyo speakers. Christian (Jacobite).

    Turoyo is spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Europe;Near East.