The Zuqnin Chronicle as Evidence of Vernacular Aramaic in Eighth-Century Northern Mesopotamia
This article examines a Syriac historiographical writing of the late eighth century - the so-called Zuqnin Chronicle, or the Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre - and certain lexical features that are found at the end of the work. It is argued that these lexical items were drawn into the chr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 240-267 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aramaic language
/ Syriac language
/ Chronicle of world history
/ Diyarbakır (Region)
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RelBib Classification: | TF Early Middle Ages |
Further subjects: | B
Diyarbakır
B history of Aramaic languages B Amid B Aramaic vernacular B Neo-Aramaic B Turoyo B Zuqnin Chronicle B Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre |
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Summary: | This article examines a Syriac historiographical writing of the late eighth century - the so-called Zuqnin Chronicle, or the Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre - and certain lexical features that are found at the end of the work. It is argued that these lexical items were drawn into the chronicle from a colloquial Aramaic language spoken in the vicinity of Amid, and that this colloquial variant is linked with the Neo-Aramaic language Turoyo. In addition, the article offers a methodology for identifying colloquial Aramaic words in the corpus of Classical Syriac literature. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10011 |