Talk:Lishana Deni
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Lishana means language: think before changing the name of this page to Lishana Deni language please. --Gareth Hughes 22:17, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Lishana deni (as you know, Gareth) is simply 'our language'. The speakers of this dialect never thought of "lishana deni" as the name of the language. I was once with a speaker of it in Israel when we met another. My companion told the other fellow (I'm translating here) "this American speaks our language". The other fellow said, "What do you mean, he speaks Hebrew?" My companion replied, No, he speaks your language, lishana didokh, like we're speaking right now!
Surely it's not לשנא יהודיא Lišānā Hôzāyē but either לשנא יהודיא Lišānā Hôzāya 'Jewish language' or Lišānid Hozāye 'language of the Jews', no? I've fixed the phonetic transcription.
- The only reference I can find to hand with this alternative name uses the construct. Most scholars tend just to call it Zakho. I'll see if I can find another reference in the library. — Gareth Hughes 13:34, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
