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Name: Turoyo Type: Language Alternate Names: Ṭurōyō; Suryoyo; Syryoyo; Turani; Süryani; Surayt Spoken in: Lebanon, USA, Belgium, Iraq, Sweden, Australia, Syria, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, Turkey, Argentina Number of speakers: 3,000 in Turkey (1994 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 84,000. Ethnic population: 50,000 to 70,000 (1994) (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 50000 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 84000 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: tru Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Afro-Asiatic Parent Subgroup: Central Eastern Neo-Aramaic; CENA; Central Eastern Aramaic (cear) Child Dialects: Iwardo (tru-iwa) Anhil (tru-anh) Midyat (tru-miy) Raite (tru-rai) Midin (tru-mid) Kfarze (tru-kfa)

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed