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Shlam'alokhon Peace be upon you. Shlomo (aydarbo-hit / hat?) Hello Munyo ishmokh or ishmukh / ishmakh or ishmekh? What's your name? Ishmi ____ yo My name is ...... Kma shinay'wit? (m)  Kma shinay'wat? (f) How old are you? Dakheet(oon)? How are you? Guritly? (to male) Guratly? (to female) Will you marry me? Malpannah (male) Malpantah (female) Teacher Ta lakha/Heeya akha Come here Yat moo? (colloquial, to both genders) Yat'et moody (m) Yat'at moody (f) You know what? La khoosh / La azit Don't go. Bayit hayaranokh (to male) Bayat hayaranakh? (to a female) Can I help you? Tawdi Thank you

Turoyo (  ܣܘܪܝܬ, Surayth)  ,the mountain Aramaic, also known as Surayt, Suroyo, Suryoyo - is a Central Neo-Aramaic language spoken nowadays mainly by the diaspora by the Assyrian people, about 100 thousand. Turoyo in Mardin,SE Turkey Yellow-19nth century Orange-end of 1960s Origin It originally appeared in the Tur Abdin region of South-Eastern Turkey where few people speak it now mainly in the Mardin Province and Al-Hasanak governate in  North-easternen Syria.It's name comes from the word turo for mountain. Name Turoyo is a term used by scholars for the sake of avoiding confusion with other Neo-Aramaic languages .Its speakers call it Surayth,Suroyo,Suryoyo,lishana Swaddaya and otherwise. Speakers It is mainly spoken by the diaspora after the Assyrian Genocide by the Neo-Turks and subsequent wars in the region which led to massive migration initially to Western Europe in the 1970s. It is estimated that Turoyo is spoken by about 100 thousand speakers and...

Professor Shabo Talay leads a project that has received a 450,000 Euro grant to secure the future of the Aramaic language Turoyo. A DISAPPEARING LANGUAGE: The Turoyo language is mainly spoken by the Christian minority in parts of Syria and Turkey, but is threatened by exctinction due to emigration and armed conflict. Universities have united with a monastery to create the project Aramaic Online in order to help second and third generation immigrants in Europe to learn the language. The image shows an Aramaic inscription. In the modern world, the Aramaic languages are threatened by extinction. But with funding from the EU’s Erasmus programme the project Aramaic Online will provide future generations with an option of online training in  Turoyo. The world is full of languages such as Turoyo. Some of which will be gone only a few years from now, whereas other will hang on for maybe another generation or two before becoming extinct. But for languages such as Turoyo ther...