copula This particular type of copular comes before the predicate in Lishanid Noshan very often. The main stress is inserted either on the predicate phrase or on la, the negator in Lishanid Noshan. Subject nominals are seen either before or after the copula.lá-wela mga-làxxa'. It was not like here. Interrogative clauses Interrogative clauses that can be answered with a yes or a no are differentiated from non-interrogative clauses solely by intonation. The yes-no type of interrogatives has an intonation pattern that rises in pitch where the main stress is; there is no drop in pitch in any of the syllables that come after the part where the main stress is. gbát xa-čày? Do you want a tea? lā la-ġzèlox mallá? Have you not seen the mullah? Prepositional case Certain verbs in Lishanid Noshan mark their complement with the preposition b-. badéniwa bi-xlulá. They began the wedding. tqèle-bbeu. He pleaded with him. See also Aramaic alphabet Aramaic language Jewish languages Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Syriac language Syriac-Aramaic References Heinrichs, Wolfhart (ed.) (1990). Studies in Neo-Aramaic. Scholars Press: Atlanta, Georgia. . External links Semitisches Tonarchivrecordings of Lishanid Noshan from Koy Sanjak. Endangered Afroasiatic languages Languages of Iraq Languages of Iran Languages of Israel Jewish Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects Languages of Kurdistan