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Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic

Teacher: Dr Assaf Bar Moshe, Freie Universität Berlin

Class Levels: Beginners, Intermediate-Advanced & Conversational

Class Schedule 2024-25: Beginners class Tuesdays from 14:00-15:00 UK Time; Intermediate-Advanced class Wednesdays from 14:00-15:00 UK Time; Conversational class Wednesdays from 14:00-15:00 UK Time (you can check time-zone comparisons on sites such as this one)

Class Length: Beginners class 3-term class (Michaelmas Term 2024-Trinity Term 2025); Intermediate-Advanced class 2-term class (Hilary Term 2025-Trinity Term 2025); Conversational class 1-term class (Michaelmas Term 2024) (Oxford dates of term are available on the University website)

Class Description: The Jewish Arabic dialect of Baghdad was the native tongue of one of the oldest and biggest communities of the Jewish diaspora. After a short introduction to the historical and linguistic setting of the dialect, we will dive into its sounds, vocabulary and grammar. Focusing on speaking and listening, at the end of the Beginners level you will be able to conduct and understand basic conversations. In the Intermediate–Advanced class, we will expand the inventory of our vocabulary and our knowledge of the grammar.
The Conversational class is a natural continuation of the Advanced class (from previous years). Equipped with the vocabulary and grammar that we learned in the previous levels of the course, this class will focus on actual conversations. Each class will be dedicated to a specific topic around which the discussions will revolve. Through discussion, new relevant words will be introduced to enrich the students’ vocabulary.

Reference Materials:
-Avishur, Yitzhak. 2008-2010. A Dictionary of the New Judeo-Arabic Written and Spoken in Iraq (1600-2000). Tel-Aviv: Archaeological Center Publication. (In Hebrew)
-Bar-Moshe, Assaf. 2019. The Arabic Dialect of the Jews of Baghdad: Phonology, Morphology, and Texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
-Mansour, Jacob. 1991. The Jewish Baghdadi Dialect. Or-Yehuda: The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center.
-Yona, Gila. 2014. Lahag yehudei bavel: Milon ‘imrot wu-meshalim. Hod-Hasharon: Dfus Havazelet. (In Hebrew)

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