Book Summary
Title: SENAYA: A Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect – Volume I: Texts and English Translation
Author: Estiphan Panoussi
Introduction: Wolfhart Heinrichs (Harvard University)
 
Purpose of the Book
This volume documents the Senaya dialect, a rare form of Christian Neo-Aramaic historically spoken by the Chaldean Christian community in Sanandaj (Sena), Persian Kurdistan.
 
The book exists to preserve, analyze, and present linguistic material from this endangered language before it disappears. Scholars note that Senaya is one of the least documented Neo-Aramaic dialects and is in danger of extinction as speakers adopt other dialects or languages.
 
This book is a scholarly linguistic documentation of the Senaya Neo-Aramaic dialect, presenting recorded texts, translations, and linguistic analysis to preserve and study a rare Christian Aramaic language spoken historically in Persian Kurdistan.