Learn Assyrian Aramaic

        
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    There are three forms of the alphabet. The oldest of these forms is called the Estrangela, which has a square character style as compared with the later forms. In this form vowels are not inserted.



    The second form is the one used by the Assyrians in Beith Nahreen, Persia and Asia Minor. It is called the Nestorian "Assyrian" or the Chaldean script (Eastern Aramaic).



    The third form, which is mainly used by the Orthodox Christians and the Assyrians in Syria, Asia Minor, Lebanon and Palestine, is called the Maronite or the Jacobite script (Western Aramaic).



    In the Greek text of the Bible one finds Aramaic locutions in disguise, in addition to several words and phrases indicating that Jesus Christ spoke Aramaic. These words and phrases are pronounced in the Eastern dialect of the Aramaic language not the Western dialect. This is an indication that the Eastern dialect was the original language spoken before the other various dialects began to form.