Editing Turoyo language (section)

==Morphology==
The verbal system of Turoyo is similar to that used in other [[Neo-Aramaic languages]]. In Classical Syriac, the ancient [[perfect tense|perfect]] and [[imperfect tense]]s had started to become [[preterite]] and [[future tense]]s respectively, and other tenses were formed by using the [[participle]]s with [[pronoun|pronominal]] [[clitic]]s or shortened forms of the verb ''hwā'' ('to become'). Most modern Aramaic languages have completely abandoned the old tenses and form all tenses from stems based around the old participles. The classical clitics have become incorporated fully into the verb form, and can be considered more like inflections.

Turoyo has also developed the use of the [[demonstrative pronoun]]s much more than any other Aramaic language. In Turoyo, they have become [[definite article]]s:
*masculine singular: u malko (''the king'')
*feminine singular: i malëkṯo (''the queen'')
*plural common: am malke (''the kings''), am malkoṯe (''the queens'').

The other Central Neo-Aramaic dialect, of [[Mlahsô language|Mlahsô]] and Ansha villages in [[Diyarbakır Province]] is somewhat different from Turoyo. It is virtually extinct; its last few speakers live in [[Qamishli]] in northeastern [[Syria]] and in the diaspora.{{sfn|Jastrow|2011|p=697–707}}