Neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh

{{Short description|Dialect of Neo-Aramaic spoken in the city of Qaraqosh, Iraq}}

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|fam2=Semitic

|fam3=Central Semitic

|fam4=Northwest Semitic

|fam5=Aramaic

|fam6=Eastern Aramaic

|fam7=Northeastern

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{{Assyrian culture}}

Qaraqosh is one of the most conservative dialects of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic,{{cite journal |last1=Khan |first1=G. |title=The North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects |journal=Journal of Semitic Studies |date=2007 |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1093/jss/fgl034}} spoken by ethnic Assyrians in the city of Qaraqosh (Bakhdida) in Iraq. Qaraqosh dialect has some similarities with the Aramaic spoken in nearby Karamlesh.{{cite book |last1=Borghero |first1=Roberta |title=Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies |publisher=Gorgias Press |isbn=978-1-4632-1161-5 |pages=75–90 |chapter=Some Features of the Verbal System of the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Karamlesh}} It is a peripheral dialect in the dialect continuum of Neo-Aramaic stretching from Turoyo to western Iran.{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Ronald |title="Stammbaum" or Continuum? The Subgrouping of Modern Aramaic Dialects Reconsidered |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |date=2008 |volume=128 |issue=3 |pages=505–531 |jstor=25608409 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25608409 |issn=0003-0279}}