Thanks a lot, this sounds good. I doubt that I can do any better. Just out of curiosity, did he also say anything about Maaluli? That's actually the one that I hear most often as an example of a modern living Aramaic (although it’s not necessarily the one with the most speakers).
בתאריך 26 בינו׳ 2017 11:32, "Oliver Stegen" <[email protected]> כתב: > Hoi, > I've received a lengthy answer from Patrick R Bennett (Principal of the > The Jerome Institute, and Prof. Emeritus of the University of > Wisconsin-Madison) who is the main linguistic consultant of the Aramaic > Bible translation project in the U.S., with translations into five language > varieties. > > He starts with a disclaimer: "I will talk here only about the Christian > Modern Aramaic – the Jewish Modern Aramaic is another thing altogether, and > I am not at all sure of the present status of Modern Mandaic." > So, Amir, you may want to continue your search for an Aramaic language > expert in Israel. > > Prof Bennett then continues to distinguish four languages varieties: > > - Maaluli (Modern Western Aramaic) > - Suryoyo / Turoyo > - Chaldean > - Assyrian > > (He has longer explanation on each variety but I'll spare you the details > unless you insist me posting them here.) > To cut a long story short, he thinks that, in addition to Syriac which > represents a classical proto-language (like Latin for Spanish, Italian > etc), "for Suryoyo/Turoyo, Chaldean, and Assyrian there can be a case for > independent wikipedias. [...] I do not think Chaldean and Assyrian can > productively be combined – there are too many lexical and morphological > differences." > > On scripts, Prof Bennett suggests the following (NB: the Syriac wikipedia > is written in Western Syriac script): > > - Suryoyo – Western Syriac script > - Chaldean – Arabic script > - Assyrian – Eastern Syriac script > > Again, I can forward more details from his original post, if necessary. He > closes with "I hope this helps. More detail and further discussion of > course can be provided if desired." > > Fwiw, > Oliver > > On 24-Jan-17 12:50, Oliver Stegen wrote: > > I've contacted the Aramaic BT team (http://www.aramaicbible.org/ > our-team.html) two of whom I know personally. I'll let you know when they > respond on the question of dialect (i.e. possibly combinable into arc:wp) > vs language (i.e. probably needing a distinct wp). > > Fwiw, > Oliver > > On 19-Jan-17 16:13, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > > Maybe, I can think of a couple of names. > > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > 2017-01-19 7:06 GMT-08:00 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>: > >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Amir E. Aharoni >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So we need an expert. >> >> Anyone in Israel? I mean, Israel seems to me like a good place to >> search for an expert in Aramaic languages. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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