Koy Sanjaq Christian Neo-Aramaic

{{Short description|Variety of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Koy Sanjaq Surat

|nativename={{lang|kqd|ܣܘܪܬ|rtl=yes}} {{transl|kqd|Sûrat}}

|states=Iraq

|region=Koy Sanjaq and Armota in Erbil Governorate

|speakers=800

|date=1995

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Semitic

|fam3=Central Semitic

|fam4=Aramaic

|fam5=Eastern Aramaic

|fam6=Northeastern

|iso3=kqd

|glotto=koys1242

|glottorefname=

}}

{{Assyrian culture}}

Koy Sanjaq Christian Neo-Aramaic ({{langx|syr|ܣܘܪܬ|Sûrat|label=native name}}) is a variety of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic spoken by Christian Assyrians in Koy Sanjaq in the Erbil Governorate, Iraq. Koy Sanjaq Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a separate variety spoken by Jews in the same town.{{cite journal |last1=Mutzafi |first1=Hezy |title=Features of the Verbal System in theكل خرة Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq and Their Areal Parallels |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |date=2004 |volume=124 |issue=2 |pages=249–264 |doi=10.2307/4132214 |jstor=4132214 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4132214 |issn=0003-0279}}