Excerpt from 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 HE object of the present grammar is to make known the various dialects of the Eastern Syrians (nestorians or Chaldeans) who inhabit the mountains of Kurdistan, and the plains of Azerbaijan in N orth-west Persia, and of Mosul in Eastern Turkey. Their country is approximately comprised between 36 and 38 N. Latitude, and 42 and E. Longitude, and lies between Mosul and the Sea of Van, and between the Sea of Urmi (urmia, Urumi, Urumia) and the Bohtan Su or Eastern Tigris. They live partly in Turkey and partly in Persia; but they are more definitely divided by religion than by political areas, into two portions, the larger of which consists of the adherents of the Patriarch Mar Shimun, the Catholicos of the East, who usually call themselves Syrians, but are better known in Europe by their nickname of Nestorians; and the smaller of which consists of the Roman Catholick Uniats who are usually known as Chaldeans. The former portion live chiefly in the mountains of Kurdistan in Turkey, and the high plains of Azerbaijan in Persia, the latter chiefly in the plain of Mosul in Turkey, though several of them are also found in Persia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.