AssyrischNepäAramaeisch

AssyrischNepäAramaeisch is a nonstandard label occasionally found in online glossaries and discussion forums to describe a broad cluster of Aramaic varieties associated with Assyrian communities. The term fuses the German words Assyrisch (Assyrian) and Aramaeisch (Aramaic) with an element Nepä whose meaning is not clearly defined in scholarly sources. It is not recognized as an official language name by major linguistic authorities or language databases.

In practice, users employ the label to refer to modern Aramaic varieties spoken by Assyrian groups, but these varieties are usually treated in linguistics as distinct languages within the Neo-Aramaic family, such as Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Sureth), Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, and Turoyo. The umbrella term can merge varieties with different scripts, phonologies, and vocabularies, which complicates precise description.

Geographic and social context: Assyrian communities in the Middle East (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Turkey) and in the diaspora (Sweden, the United States, Germany, Australia) use Neo-Aramaic in daily life, education, liturgy, and media. Writing systems include the Syriac script (Estrangela and Serto) for liturgical use and Arabic or Latin scripts in everyday writing.

Classification and features: Neo-Aramaic varieties share a common Aramaic root but differ in phonology, morphology, and lexicon. Because AssyrischNepäAramaeisch is not a standardized or widely used name, it provides little guidance about specific linguistic features and is generally not used in formal description.

Usage in reference works: For precise discussion, scholars and editors prefer established names such as Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, or Turoyo, rather than this umbrella label.