Seminar on “LEXICAL ITEMS RELATING TO MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE NENA DIALECTS OF THE AQRA REGION”

On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, Dr. Aziz Emmanuel Eliya Al-Zebari, a permanent faculty member at the English department, CUE presented a seminar entitled: “LEXICAL ITEMS RELATING TO MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE NENA DIALECTS OF THE AQRA REGION” for all CUE academic staff and students.

This seminar was based on his research on the Neo-Aramaic dialects of the Aqra (Akre) region, which are spoken across the Aqra mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan. He explained various areas of the Aqra region, where different dialects were spoken. These dialects can be classified broadly into those of the villages lying to the North of the Aqra mountain and those of the inhabitants of the region to the South of the mountain.

The seminar was attended by CUE’s president, Assist.Prof.Dr.Riadh Francies along with the university’s academic staff and students.

The presentation were followed by questions-answers session and an open-discussion.