Looking for help learning Turoyo from the Tur Abdin/Midyat region
Hey everyone. I wanted to ask for some advice.
My grandmother grew up in ܨܠܚ / Saleh in Tur Abdin and spoke Turoyo when she was young. After moving away and spending decades speaking other languages in daily life, she slowly forgot most of it over the years. She still recognizes it when she hears it, but she can’t really speak it fluently anymore.
Recently I started becoming interested in learning Turoyo myself, partly because of her and partly because I don’t want that connection to disappear completely in our family.
The problem is that I’m not sure where to start. I know different villages and areas have their own ways of speaking, and I’d love to learn the variety closest to the Tur Abdin/Midyat region if possible.
Are there any good resources, recordings, teachers, YouTube channels, dictionaries, or communities you’d recommend for someone starting from zero?
And if anyone here is from around that region or grew up hearing older family members speak Turoyo, I’d genuinely love to hear your experiences too.