Hi, I’m looking to learn Jewish Babylonian Aramaic and I’m looking for either an online course or a textbook. I’m fairly comfortable with Hebrew (biblical and modern) so I think that Aramaic would seem like learning Hebrew’s sister language. If you have any recommendations I’d really appreciate it.

How Close Semetic-Aramaic languages are

Word “peace”

Central Semitic: Salam (Arabic)

East Semetic: Akkadian: šulmu (Shulmu) Eblaite: šalam (Shalam)

North-West Semitic: Cannanite, Hebrew: Shalom Samaritan Hebrew] Shalam (šālām)

Aramaic Western Aramaic: WNA: Shloma (šlōma)
WPA: Shlām JBA: Shlama
SA: Shalom JPA: Shalama CPA: Shilam GA Shəlam/Shəlama

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so can someone explain to me what is the recommended way to learn it

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To all you Maronite Syriacs (and please don't start with Phoenicianism. You are Syriacs since the moment you have an Aramaic language called Suryāyā/Suryoyo as a sacred language and not Phoenician Canaanite, and despite the sectarian pride between Syriac churches the language which gives you name is called "Syriac (Aramaic)", and Christian Neo Aramaic dialects call themselves like that (Sūreth, Sūrayt, Sūryen/Sūryon)):

Some of you must know if you are into promoting the Aramaic languages of organisations such as Tur Levnon and others who promote your original identity and language which, at least in church, you still cling to. I've seen that they promote the revival of western Assyrian/Syriac Neo Aramaic (Turoyo) in their aim to revive Aramaic (mainly, but not exclusively) among the Maronites. My main question is to you, why the heck are you so intent on reviving Sūrayt/Suryoyo which is an Aramaic language of Beth Bahrain around Amid and don't pay a bit more attention to the language which is still spoken in Jubb'addin and Maa'loula which is basically the same language that your ancestors kept alive in the Anti-Lebanon and Lebanon Mountains until literally two centuries ago, the last remnant of Western Neo Aramaic for a long time, between the northern border of Galilee to the south, to Homs to the north; from Beirut to the west to Damascus to the east? I like to call this language Lebanese Aramaic (there is even a Wikipedia page on this dialect!) or even Maronite Aramaic, since for a long time it was mainly the Maronites who kept it alive and kicking and constituted the bulk of the speakers. In those two villages of Syria they've even begun to use Serto to write it, which I consider they should have been doing in the first place instead of reviving the Imperial Aramaic script...

Wouldn't you actually prefer this variant (Sūryen/Sūryon), since it's literally the last remaining dialect of your Lebanese Aramaic language?

PD: I am not from the Middle East, in case you see my name it will be clear to you. I am Catalan and a student of linguistics and pre-Columbian anthropology, as well as aspiring polyglot who is genuinely interested about Eastern Christian cultures. In fact, I want to learn Aramaic.In my case, as I have no especial personal link to any, I'll probably choose the most spoken variety, Eastern Assyrian Aramaic (Sūreth). I hope that by choosing this one variant I am not offending the sensibilities of speakers of speakers of other variants 😅.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Aramaic

i’ve been wanting to learn how to speak or at the very least understand aramaic but i can’t find any helpful apps, i was wondering if anyone knows a good place to learn i’d really appreciate it

Hello! I need your help! I have an audio in Aramaic that I need to transcribe so I can later translate it

Hello! I need help conjugating Havah into first person. According to strong’s concordance this word is of Aramaic origin. Thank you in advance for the help!

1934. hava or havah ►

Strong's Concordance hava or havah: to become, come to pass, be Original Word: הָוָא Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hava or havah Phonetic Spelling: (hav-aw') Definition: to become, come to pass, be NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to havah Definition to become, come to pass, be

Hello everyone, I came across a book by someone named Mlle Chaumont who states, “it is well known that the term "nasraya is the usual designation of Christians in the Aramaic-speaking Churches.’ I did further investigation in dictionaries of certain Aramaic dialects such as Syriac and read that apparently the term “Nasraya” (Nasoraean) in the Syriac dictionaries it is stated that nasraya means, among other things, 'Christian'. Since I do not know Syriac, is it possible for someone to transliterate the words that are in Syriac into English that have been translated as Nazarene in the photo below? Below is a photo attached from the book, “A Compendious Syriac Dictionary” by Payne Smith.

https://preview.redd.it/6eqx1oa3n5td1.png?width=779&format=png&auto=webp&s=72bb8a905c9f33b505bdd0456121199b5f9fdae3

Also does anyone know Aramaic (non Mandaic) sources that call Christians “Nasraya” (not Nazoraeans)?

Hi, So i have "A Grammer of Galilean Aramaic" by Casper Levias, Studies in Galilean Aramaic by E.Y Kutscher, Fragments of the Cairo genizah by Steven Fassberg, the studies done by Steve Caruso which is where i got my inspiration from, I'd just like to know if i could use the Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic for Galilean Aramaic? consider it's where the dialect comes from, But i see a consistent use of שְׁלָמָא in both the DJPA and DJBA.

Can anyone tell me that I should read targum in the CAL, to learn Galilean Aramaic JPA? Thank you in advance!

Hi! Can you recommend internet or handwritten sources of texts in Galilean to learn the dialect? The ComprehensiveAramaic Lexicon source is very interesting, but are the Targums of Genizah faithfully transcribed? What texts or grammars should we consult that remain authentic and have not been subject to “corrections” by different scribes and translators over time? Thank you in advance for your help!!

Hi, so I've been diving into aramaic this couple of days and I'm hooked on it. The thing is that I've seen aramaic written in various scripts, I know there are like different types of calligraphy, but I've also seen it written in letters that I thought where exclusive to hebrew. Should I learn those too?, if someone could explain this to me I'll be greatfull

Hi i'm wanting to learn One of these languages to understand the biblical words , what are used in the bible?.

And where can i find a course to studie it.

i speak Arabic as a second language. I don't which dialect I'm learning because i really just want to learn the language.

Hello everybody,
i am new to the group so i will delete if this is non related.
i guess i am looking for a bit of help, i am trying to understand the dialect my family speaks, and hopefully learn it.
the most i have gotten out of my grandma is that her dialect is "wuahru waharu" or "atcha wu-atcha"
i hope i got it right.
she is originally from arbil and also speaks dugermanzi but i am more interested in the two dialects above as my family says they are more close to aramic.
sorry if anything here is a bit false, im just getting into everything and i am trying to understand.
thank you!

I would like some resources on learning Biblical Aramaic, but I need text with vowels. Anyone have anything? Preferably free. I already can read Hebrew (read, not understand) so I just need help mainly with learning the words and grammar and what-not. Thank you very much for your time.

What are the main diffrences between Biblical and Imperial Aramaic, Classical Syriac, and Talmudic Aramaic? Especially in grammar, vocabulary and spelling.

Are they mutually intelligable?