public_comment: "From Charles Häberl: [Senaya is] "distinct from other sub-groups and not mutually intelligible. Located at the Southeastern periphery of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic dialects. Same vicinity as Hulaulá but not mutually intelligible. Chaldean Catholics from Iranian Kurdistan."",
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public_comment: "60 in Iran (1997 H. Mutzafi).",
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public_comment: "In Sanandaj (Persian Kurdistan) where the dialect originated, there are no longer any speakers of Senaya left. In the diaspora, as in Tehran, speakers are mostly absorbed by the Urmeznaya-speaking, predominantly Nestorian, Assyrians.",
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public_comment: ""Our consultant, Paul Caldani, says there are only 48 Senaya families, approximately the same number there have always been."",
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public_comment: ""We estimate that currently only around 200 people are able to speak the language, none of whom younger than their 20s. At this rate, Senaya will be lost forever in less than 100 years."",