Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- PHONOLOGY -- VOWELS -- CONSONANT GEMINATION -- SYLLABLE STRUCTURE -- WORD STRESS -- STRESS GROUPS -- MORPHOLOGY -- VERBS -- VERB PARADIGMS -- NOUNS -- ADJECTIVES -- NUMERALS -- PARTICLES -- SYNTAX -- THE SYNTAX OF VERBS -- THE SYNTAX OF PREPOSITIONS -- THE CLAUSE -- CLAUSE SEQUENCES -- SYNTACTIC SUBORDINATION OF CLAUSES -- TEXTS -- INFORMANT L -- INFORMANT Y -- INFORMANT B -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY OF VERBS -- GENERAL GLOSSARY.

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Being direct descendants of the Aramaic spoken by the Jews in antiquity, the still spoken Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects of Kurdistan deserve special and vivid interest. Geoffrey Khan’s A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic is a unique record of one of these dialects, now on the verge of extinction. This volume, the result of extensive fieldwork, contains a description of the dialect spoken by the Jews from the region of Arbel (Iraqi Kurdistan), together with a transcription of recorded texts and a glossary. The grammar consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax, preceded by an introductory chapter examining the position of this dialect in relation to the other known Neo-Aramaic dialects. The transcribed texts record folktales and accounts of customs, traditions and experiences of the Jews of Kurdistan.