01-01-2010, 02:51 PM
Hello my friend
It's the Greeks who called Aramaic 'Syriac' and in the West, Syriac is mistaken as the 'Syrian' language, however, Syriac is just Aramaic and the Syrian language was not just limited to Syria <!-- s
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The confusion is because of the difference in terms: Mesapotamia (Greek; between the rivers) the Aramaic term was 'Aram Nahrayn'
However, the language, historically, was spread between Egypt and Babylon. So, after all, it's origin might have been 'between rivers' but finally, it was spread out to China and Inda.
It's the Greeks who called Aramaic 'Syriac' and in the West, Syriac is mistaken as the 'Syrian' language, however, Syriac is just Aramaic and the Syrian language was not just limited to Syria <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> The confusion is because of the difference in terms: Mesapotamia (Greek; between the rivers) the Aramaic term was 'Aram Nahrayn'
However, the language, historically, was spread between Egypt and Babylon. So, after all, it's origin might have been 'between rivers' but finally, it was spread out to China and Inda.