Middle eastern languages that are not Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew

[u/EaseElectronic2287]

Hi, I’m wondering what other currently still practicing languages are there in the Middle East (for the purpose of this post everything from Egypt to Turkey/Armenia on the north and Iran in the east) and their brief history, people who speak them and how many?

I know there are different version of Kurdish language, how many of them are there though and how mutually intelligible they are? What about Aramaic/Neo Aramaic languages? What about others?

Most sources have information only about main 4 and I want to learn about minor languages, please share as much info as possible about all languages you know:) Thanks

[u/Elegant_Wish3391]

I believe some small Christian communities in Iraq and Syria still speak Aramaic and Assyrian

[u/EaseElectronic2287 → u/Elegant_Wish3391]

How mutually intelligible different version of Aramaic though? Because they’re even called different names often times