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Re: Learning Aramaic Pronunciation - dowidh - 11-23-2008
Paul Younan Wrote:Shlama Kingskeep,
kingskeep Wrote:The dialogue seems to be at least some version of the Eastern pronunciation.
It is an Eastern pronunciation, but more importantly this is what's known as a dialect of "Neo-Aramaic" (specifically, the Assyrian/Chaldean dialect). The relationship to the classical tongue is akin to our modern English to Victorian English.
It is a very simplified Aramaic compared to the old. It is the modern standard vernacular of Aramaic speakers today.
+Shamasha
Shlama Paul,
I bought the Children's Bible in 365 stories in Neo-Aramaic and it uses eastern vowels.
So if this video is Neo-Aramaic too, that would mean both western and eastern vowels are used in Neo-Aramaic right? Just trying to get my head around it.
David R.