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=== Dialect continuum ===
Neo-Aramaic has a rather slightly defined [[dialect continuum]], starting from the Assyrians in northern [[Iraq]] (e.g. [[Alqosh]], [[Batnaya]]) and ending with those in Western [[Iran]] ([[Urmia]]). The dialects in Northern Iraq, such as those of Alqosh and Batnaya, would be minimally unintelligible to those in Western Iran.<ref name="Shamāshā Dāwīd 1963, p. 895">Beth-Zay'ā, Esha'yā Shamāshā Dāwīd, ''Tash'īthā d-Beth-Nahreyn'', Tehran: Assyrian Youth Cultural Society Press, 1963, p. 895</ref>

Nearing the Iraqi-Turkey border, the [[Barwari]] and [[Tyari]] dialects are more "traditionally Assyrian" and would sound like those in the [[Hakkari province]] in Turkey. Furthermore, the Barwar and Tyari dialects are "transitional", acquiring both Assyrian and Chaldean phonetic features (though they do not use /ħ/). Gawar, Diz and [[Jilu (tribe)|Jilu]] are in the "centre" of the spectrum, which lie halfway between Tyari and Urmia, having features of both respective dialects, though still being distinct in their own manner.<ref name="ReferenceB">Odisho, Edward: The Sound System of Modern Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic) - Weisbaden, Harrassowitz, 1988</ref>

In Hakkari, going east (towards [[Iran]]), the [[Nochiya (tribe)|Nochiya]] dialect would begin to sound distinct to the Tyari/Barwar dialects and more like the Urmian dialect in [[Urmia]], [[West Azerbaijan province]], containing a few Urmian features. The Urmian dialect, alongside Iraqi Koine, are considered to be "Standard Assyrian", though Iraqi Koine is more widespread and has thus become the more common standard dialect in recent times. Both Koine and Urmian share phonetic characteristics with the Nochiya dialect to some degree.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>