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The Language of the People of Bashiqa: A Vehicle of their Intangible Cultural Heritage

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posted on 2024-09-05, 20:52 authored by Saaed A Saaed, Wafaa khuder
The current study is an attempt to provide a linguistic, a historical, as well as a sociocultural record of the language variety spoken in Bashiqa (Northern Iraq) by one of the communities which represents a religious minority in Iraq known as Yazidis. This language is an example of an under-researched language diversity. This research draws on a sample of eleven in-depth semi-structured interviews with Yezidi men and women from Bashiqa, Iraq. The analysis of these interviews has yielded a number of points which help in documenting and preserving this language variety. The study concludes that the language used in Bashiqa is an ancient hybrid regional dialect in which many values and meanings are embedded. In short, the Yazidis understand their language as a vehicle of their intangible cultural heritage.

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Department for International Development, UK Government

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Institute of Development Studies

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Saaed, S.A. and Khuder, W.S. (2022) The Language of the People of Bashiqa: A Vehicle of their Intangible Cultural Heritage, CREID Working Paper 14, Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/CREID.2022.003

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CREID Working Paper 14

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© Institute of Development Studies 2022

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en

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Power and Popular Politics

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Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID)::7a473ec6-92f8-49ff-98df-9ec27d8d5fe6::600

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