Aramaic Vowels

[Mshikhaya]

Hi Mshikhaya,
I want to put the Lord's Prayer in IPA using <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nestorian.org/the_lord_s_prayer_in_aramaic.html">http://www.nestorian.org/the_lord_s_pra ... amaic.html</a><!-- m -->. Is that a valid pronunciation? If so, I'd really appreciate your help, to fix where I get it wrong.
Greg

Shlama 'Allakh Greg,

It is a genuine pronunciation. In modern Christian Aramaic, there are a few different accents, so you might hear some differences from one speaker to another in the way they would vocalize the Lord's prayer. Nonetheless, the person saying that prayer is using a genuine pronunciation based on his dialect.

Unfortunately, I still can't hear the ? vowel that you were refering to earlier. Can you point it out to me from among the words in the Lord's prayer that you posted? That way I can listen to it carefully to make sure I'm not missing anything.