Autochthonous Texts in the Arabic Dialect of the Jews of TiberiasThe soul of this book is not just linguistic. The author creates an innovative approach, combining language with anthropology and history, and this can serve a medley of researchers in interdisciplinary fields. The texts introduce the long and rich inheritance of the Arabic-speaking Jews of Tiberias. They have lived there for centuries with only brief interruptions, and have spoken Arabic as their mother tongue. The author continues here his research on other communities in Galilee where Arabic has been spoken by Jews, such as Haifa, Safed and Pqi'in. The book pays homage to these people, their heritage and language, before all sink, alas, into the limbo of forgotten things. These are the last vanishing voices, which speak out, tell and still breathe. Hopefully they will still serve as evidence in the future of a once glorious but dying culture, whose existence, paradoxically, may even come to be doubted in future times. |
Common terms and phrases
2allo 2amma 2ana Arabic dialects Arabic Language başdēn bass bēt biddak çala çando Dahhān dār Deganya fish hāda hāda kān hādi hadōl Haifa hãy Hebrew hēk hēke hiyye hōn hōne hōni hunāk huwwe ilbahar ilbalad ilyōm išrīn Jerusalem Jewish Jews of Tiberias kamān kānat kānu kīf ktīr kull kullo kullon kunna kunt lamma lEāfya lēš ma-kānš maça Maimonides malón maşa mașāri matrah mayy means Meir mīn miš mitl Mošé mother muš Muslim nowadays nsawwi Old City Pabu Pálla Rabbi ramma rana rissa riža rižu ruhna Safed samak șār Sea of Galilee Semakh sint sitti tabaɛ Tabariyya tabaş texts Tiberias tlatīn tnēn told Toledáno Torans Turkish viši wāhad wahade wala wara warta wēn xala yaɛni yaşni yīži yīžu yōm Zabu zana zawwal zayy židdi zihna zilli zilli kān ziši zismo ziza zusmo