when preceding a pharyngeal , and an unstressed can be heard as a more front when preceding. See also Aramaic language Assyrian Church of the East Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Syriac alphabet Syriac language References Further reading Maclean, Arthur John (1895). Grammar of the dialects of vernacular Syriac: as spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, north-west Persia, and the Plain of Mosul: with notices of the vernacular of the Jews of Azerbaijan and of Zakhu near Mosul. Cambridge University Press, London. Takashina, Yoshiyuki. 1990. Some Remarks on Modern Aramaic of Hertevin. Journal of Asian and African Studies 40: 85-132. External links Semitisches Tonarchiv: Dokumentgruppe "Aramäisch/Neuostaramäisch (christl.)" (text in German). Eastern Aramaic languages Christian Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects Languages of Turkey Endangered Afroasiatic languages Languages of Kurdistan