Maaloula and its language in their words:
On this page. I gathered some important news agencies and newspapers remarks on Maaloula.
If you know of any other let me know. Credit are given to the news agency and the reporter.
If you know of any other let me know. Credit are given to the news agency and the reporter.
| Languages of the world http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Syria WESTERN NEO-ARAMAIC: a language of Syria SIL code: AMW ISO 639-2: sem Population 35,000 speakers including 10,000 in Maaloula (1996 Maalula Home Page, Internet). Region Qalamoun mts., 30 miles north of Damascus. Villages of Ma<lula, Bakh<a, and Jubb <Adin. Only in Syria. Alternate names MAALULA, SIRYON, LOGHTHA SIRYANOYTHA, NEO-WESTERN ARAMAIC Dialects MA<LULA (MAALULA, MAALOULA, MA<LU:LA), BAKH<A (BAX<A), JUB-<ADIN (JUBB <ADI:N). Classification Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Western. Comments Little dialect variation. Bilingualism in Syrian Arabic. They use Aramaic in homes and as a literary and religious language. There are members of the ethnic group in the USA who now speak Arabic. Mountain slope. Peasant agriculturalists, vineyards, orchards. 1,500 meters. Christian (1 village), Sunni Muslim (2 villages). |
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