Forum Name: Assyrian Forums - Peshitta
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Message ID: 4

#4, RE: Compendious
Posted by Iakov on Mar-20-2002 at 07:56 PM

In response to message #3

Shlama Akhi Paul,

>These constructs
>may have their origin in
>the "Western" Aramaic/Syriac tradition and
>therefore would be absent in
>my own.

This brings me to my next question.
I found this site: https://members.aol.com/assyrianme/aramaic/aramaic.html

Which had the following statement.
There are two major dialects, Western (also refered to as palastinian dialectŒ (the dialect of EESHO (Jesus)) and Eastern (also referred to as "Syriac dialect" ("Syriac" is a dialect of Aramaic, NOT a language. Syriac also has Akkadian influences)). To say modern aramaic or modern syriac, you must be consistent and say modern hebrew, modern english, modern greek, etc. for all languages follow the law of evolution.

See why I am confused?

Also do you know where I can find a serto vowel chart?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Shlama,
Yaqub