Western Neo-Aramaic
[aka Maalula, Maaloula, Siryon]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·endangered
Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·endangered
Maalula, Maaloula, Siryon, Siryōn, Loghtha Siryanoytha, Loghtha Siryanōytha, Neo-Western Aramaic, Ma'lula, Aramaic, Neo-Aramaic, Western |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic |
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Information from: “Das Neuwestaramäische” . Werner Arnold (1989) Harrassowitz
Although Western Neo-Aramaic is largely considered a dying language, it is still extremely active in the three villages the author visited, used within the home and around the village.
Arabic
Rural children occasionally don't learn much Arabic at home and then struggle with it in school. Their Neo-Aramaic often gets somewhat Arabic-ized (affixes, noun shape)
Alle drei Orte liegen im Qalamun-Gebirge, etwa 60 km nordlich von Damaskus. Ich mietete in Malula eine Wohnung, da sich von Malula aus die beiden anderen Orte, Baxa und Gubbadin, in jeweils einer Stunde zu Fuss erreichen lassen.
Information from: “Personal Communication” . Charles Häberl (2013)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Home, and as literary and religious language. Also use Syrian Arabic.
Information from: “Glottolog” .