[6] Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is classified as Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, and Aramaic language.
The turmoil near the end of World War I and resettlement in Israel in 1951 (when eight families from Bijil moved to the new Jewish state) led to the decline of these traditional languages.
This particular and distinct dialect of Jewish Neo-Aramaic was spoken in the villages of Bijil, Barzan and Shahe.
Most of the NENA languages became endangered since most of the Aramaic speaking Jewry began to immigrate to Israel.
[6] Most speakers of Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic now speak Israeli Hebrew or Arabic.
There may be some similarities between Barzani and the subdialect of Lishanid Noshan formerly spoken in the village of Dobe, 50 km north of Arbil.
This occurred due to the close proximity of the speakers of Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic and the dialect Zakho.