Editing Turoyo language (section)

==Etymology==
Term {{lang|arc-Latn|Ṭuroyo}} comes from the word ''{{lang|arc-Latn|ṭuro}}'', meaning 'mountain', thus designating a specific [[Neo-Aramaic language]] of the mountain region of [[Tur Abdin]] in southeastern part of modern [[Turkey]] (hence ''Turabdinian'' Aramaic). Other, more general names for the language are ''{{lang|arc-Latn|Surayt}}'' or ''{{lang|arc-Latn|Suryoyo}}''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uobw_kBXx74C |title=Modern Aramaic-English/English-Aramaic: Dictionary and Phrasebook |date=2007 |isbn=9780781810876 |access-date=17 August 2012 |last1=Awde |first1=Nicholas |last2=Lamassu |first2=Nineb |last3=Al-Jeloo |first3=Nicholas |publisher=Hippocrene |location=New York City, NY}}</ref>{{sfn|Talay|2017|p=}}

Term ''Surayt'' is commonly used by its speakers, as a general designation for their language, modern or historical. It is also used by the recent EU funded programme to revitalize the language, in preference to ''{{lang|arc-Latn|Ṭuroyo}}'', since Surayt is a historical name for the language used by its speakers, while Turoyo is a more academic name for the language used to distinguish it from other Neo-Aramaic languages, and Classical Syriac. However, especially in the [[diaspora]], the language is frequently called ''Surayt'', ''Suryoyo'' (or ''Surayt'', ''Sŭryoyo'' or ''Süryoyo'' depending on dialect), meaning "Syriac" in general. Since it has developed as one of western variants of the Syriac language, Turoyo is sometimes also referred to as ''Western Neo-Syriac''.{{sfn|Tezel|2003|p=}}