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Name: Western Neo-Aramaic

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Maalula; Siryon; Loghtha Siryanoytha; Neo-Western Aramaic; Ma'lula; Aramaic

Spoken in: Syria

Number of speakers: 15,000 (1996). 8,000 in Maaloula (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 20000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 15000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: amw

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Afro-Asiatic

Parent Subgroup: Western Neo-Aramaic; Western Aramaic; Western Modern Aramaic; Western Late Aramaic (wara)

Child Dialects: Jub-'adin; Jubb'adin; Jubb `Adi:n (amw-jub) Ma'lula; Ma'lūla; Maalula; Maaloula; Ma`lu:la (amw-mal) Bakh'a; Bax'a; Bax`a (amw-bak)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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