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Grab a sheet of lined paper, review the pronounciation, and practice each A-TOO-TAA (letter) 10 times, and educate yourself. Along with knowledge comes pride. Along with pride comes confidence. Confidence in yourself reflects the confidence people have in you. With pride, confidence, and knowledge, our nation will survive for 100 more generations.

Remember, as one of the first Christians (a couple years after the life of Christ), you speak one of the oldest, rarest language in the world. The language of God!!! Be proud of that. It is the root language of hebrew, arabic, turkish, and the alphabet for farsi (Persian), urdu (Pakistan/Indian), and greek. Aramaic replaced our ancient brethren's language, Akkadian (the oldest semetic language) around 1000 B.C.. The aramaic script was in turn derived from the Phonecians who probably extracted it from Canaan. After the Assyrians accepted the language of the Aramaens, Aramaic became the lingua franca of Mesopotamia and the whole middle-east. The word Aramaic comes from the word Aram, the son of Shem (of which the word SHE-MAA-YAA (Semetic) is derived).

There are two major dialects, Western (also refered to as Palastiniandialect (the dialect of EE-SHO (Jesus)) and Eastern (also referred toas "Syriac dialect" ("Syriac" is a dialect of Aramaic, not a language.Syriac also has Akkadian influences)). To say Modern Aramaic or ModernSyriac, you must be consistent and say Modern Hebrew, Modern English,Modern Greek, etc. for all languages follow the law of evolution."Modern" is omitted when referring to any language. However, ourlanguage comparitivly has changed very little in 2000 years, especiallylituraturally and liturgically.

Parts of the bible were written in aramaic, including the books of Erza and Daniel. The famous writing on the wallŒ, which was seen by Nebuchadnezzar's grandson, Belshazzar, told of the fall of Babylon. Later that night, Belshazar died and Cyrus the Persian and Darius the Mede conquered Babylon. The famous painting by Rembrandt incorrectly showed the handwriting as hebrew, because he could not find people who knew the script (He should have asked any Assyrian). The famous last words of Jesus were in his native tounge, aramaic,
(E-LEE E-LEE L-MAA-NAA SAA-BAACH-TAA-NEE) = (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me).

Celebrate the native tounge of Jesus, the language He preached in, thelanguage of the Assyrians. The language is so valued that it isextensivly studied at the vatican and taught in ivy league schools suchas Harvard University and the University of Chicago (just to name acouple). Learn to read and write as He did. It is an absorbing feeling.Challenge yourself to find a more asthetically beautiful script. Alahaumokhoon (God be with (all of) you).

Download this 41 page, adobe formatted file,ARAMAIC.PDF, if you intend on printing this web page. Get theadobe reader. It has been retyped and has a more professional format, includes the vowels and estrangela letters, and has more words and more words spelled out. You can also read it offline.

Remember, we write from right to left. (say that 10 times). If your interested in learning more Syriac-Aramaic, you may want to check out the "Songs of Assyria" page. Juliana Jendo's song "Alap Beet" is the best and quickest way to learn the ATWAT'E (letters).

With these 22 AT-WAA-TEH (letters) and 7 ZO-WEH (vowels), you should learn 69 words. You will get used to the pronounciation of the letters and the HAAJ-YAAT (spelling) of the words in Aramaic will come almost naturally and fall in place.  85% of the Assyrian words are written phonetically, that is they are spelled as they are pronounced (like the Spanish language). This makes spelling very easy.

Just follow these steps, and within two months (if you speak a little Assyrian) you shall start to read and write Assyrian (Believe me). After you learn, you will realize how easy it really was.

1. Learn Juliana's"Alap Beet" song.
   
2. Practice each A-TOO-TAA until you memorize each one ofthem.
   
3. Learn theZOW'E (Vowels)and howthey are used.
   
4. Practice assembling the AT-WAA-TEH to construct words according to how each A-TOO-TAA sounds. Begin with your name.
   The HAAJ-YAAT (spelling) is not important now.
   
5. Practice reading and writing with your new skills.
   

HIGHLY RECOMMENED!! Get the "Classical Aramaic" book (written by Rocco A. Errico and Michael J. Bazzi).  Get the"Learning Syriac CD".  The benifits will be enormous. Also, download these images and use one as your desktop background.  Clickhere for the Letters image.  Clickhere for the Vowels image.

Don't forget theEXTREMELY INFORMATIVE TABLE at the end of this page. It contains a wealth of information to build your LOO-GHAA-TAA (vocabulary).

Three ATWAT'E have a final form that are placed at the end of the word. Kap, Meem, and Noon..
If you see an Alap in this form,, it is the Estrangela AT-WAA-TEH. The Estrangela set is mainly used for scriptures, titles, headings, and book and album titles. It usually has no ZO-WEH (vowels). Only 6 AT-WAA-TEH (letters) are different, the rest are the same.Click here to learn the Estrangela letters and learn more important words.

TheHistory of Aramaic is at your disposal.
Learn to read, write, and type the Aramaic language is five minutes. Watch thevideo. Download thefonts and watch thevideo on how to type on your PC.

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If you intend on printing this web page, download this 41 page, adobe formatted file,ARAMAIC.PDF.
Also downloadThe Most Commonly Misused Assyrian Words

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ALAP (Equivilant to "A")
AA-SHOO-RRAA-YAA (m) //AA-SHOO-RRE-TAA (f)- - - - "People of Ashur" AA-TO-RRAA-YAA (M) / AA-TO-RRE-TAA (F) - - - A modern alternative to Assyrian AA-TAA- - - - flag AA-RRAA-MAA-EET - - - - Aramaic.
Writing the letter
Make a short horizontal line from right to lefton line. Make a small dot above slightly left ofcenter. Connect dot with with a curved line on the leftside of line with a downward stroke.

BEET (Equivilant to B).
BOORR-JAA D BAA-VIL - - - - Tower of Babylon BET NAAH-REN - - - - Mesopotamia. BE-TAA - - - - house
Writing the letter
Make short vertical line with downward (upwardif preceeded by a connecting letter) stroke. Make a short horizontal line moving right toleft. Join a line from right to left on bottom ofvertical line. Make it slightly longer than top line.

GAMAL (Equivilant to"G" )
GIKH-KAA - - - - laugh J-BAA-RRAA (M) / J-BAA-RRTAA (F) - - - - gallant / courageous / noble / mighty GEN-YAA-T'E TIL-Y'E - - - - hanging gardens.
Writing the letter
From left to right, draw long slanted line thatends below the base line. Connect middle of line and draw from right toleft a short line. NOTE: Placing a MAJLEEAANAA ( ~ ) under GAMAL turns the NOTE: letter to JAMAL with a "J" sound.

DALAT (Equivilant to"D")
DO-RRAA - - - - century / a period of 100 years / 100 DAA-TEED - - - future. DAARR-WAA-ZAA D'AAISH-TAARR - - - - gate of Ishtar
Writing the letter
From right to left, make a short line on baseline. Connect line on right, draw a short curve untilleft edge of line. from right to left, make a short horizontalline underneath base line.

HEH (Equivilant to "H")
HAA-SSAA-NAAY - - - - easy / simple. HAAJ-YAAT / HAA-JEE - - - - spelling / spell (verb) HAA-NAA-GOO-TAA - - - - joke / jest / something said or done to amuse.
Writing the letter
Make a short vertical line downward (upward ifconnectd by a connecting preceeding letter). Make a horizontal line on top of vertical lineand finish off with a circle.

WAW (Equivilant to "W")
WURR-DAA - - - - rose WAAHKH-SHEE- - - - savage WAA-RRAA-QAA- - - - paper
Writing the letter
From top to bottom, make a short verticalline. Begin at top of line and make a half circle andconnect bottom of line.

ZAIN (equivilant to "Z")
ZOO-Z'E- - - - money (plural) ZRRAA-QAA D SHIM-SHAA- - - - sunrise. ZMAARR-TAA- - - - song
Writing the letter
From top, make a curved line below base line. From top of line, connect the intersection ofbase line and vertical line.

KHETH (no English equivilant / back of throat,guttorial sound).
KHOO-YAA-DAA- - - - unity / the state of being one / oneness. KHEE-RROO-TAA- - - - freedom - KHAA B-NEE-SAAN- - - the first of Spring.
Writing the letter
From right, make a short curved u. Finish up with a short upward curve (unlessconnectswith another letter on left, therefore finish off with a straightline.)

TETH (No equivilant but close to a soft T and D. (Represented as TD or 'TD'))
'TD'OO-RRAA-N'E - - - - mountains 'TD'AA-LAA-NAA - - - - player 'TD'LAA-NEE-TAA - - - - - shadow / shade
Writing the letter
From right to left, make a medium line on base. Downward, from right side of line, make a shortslantedline to center of horizontal line. From bottom of slanted line, make an upwardslanted line leftward.

YODH (Equivilant to "Y")
EE-SHO MSHEE-KHAA - - - - Jesus Christ. YAA-LOO-PAA - - - - a student/learner/pupil YAA-QOO-RRAA - - - - heavy / very meaningful
Writing the letter
Starting from right to left, write a short u(straight line ifproceeded by another letter to the left) with right sideof letter higher than left side.

KAP (Equivilant "K")
CHAA-RRAA- - - - remedy / solution / that which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind. KTAA-VAA - - - KAA-TAA-VAA- - - - book / letter / mail KAAL-DAA-YAA (M)/ KUL-DE-TAA (F)- - - - a Chaldean
Writing the letter
Starting from bottom right-hand corner, make acurved line upward. From bottom right, connect bottom of curvedline and make horizontal line towards left. This letter is wider thanResh or Dalat

LAMADH (Equivilant to "L").
LEE-SHAA-NAA- - - - tounge / language LOO-KHAA- - - - tablet / a writing tablet / a flat piece of material to write, paint, or draw. LOOP OO MAA-LIP- - - - learn (verb) and teach (verb)
Writing the letter
From left to right, above top baseline, make aslanted line to lower base line. From right to left, connect bottom of line andjoin a horizontal line, making end and upward slant (do notbeyond top of slanted line).

MEEM (Equivilant to "M")
[MOO-RRAA-KHAAS - - - - vacation / leave of absence / forlough MU-DN-KHAA - - - - East MISH-TOO-TAA - - - - party / feast
Writing the letter
From right to left, make an upsidedown u. On left lower side of the upsidedown u, make ashort upward slanted line. Make a short horizontal line from right to lefta little beyone top of slanted line.

NOON (Equivilant to "N".)
NAA-GIS-TAAN - - - - suddenly / all of asudden NEE-KHAA - - - - slowly. NOOS-'TD'OORR-NAA-YAA - - - - Nestorian.
Writing the letter
Begin with a tiny horizontal line and then make a downward slightly angular line. Connect bottom of line and make a horizontalline.

SIMKAT (Equivilant to "S")
SOO-RRAA-YAA (M) / SOO-RRE-TAA (F) - - - - an Assyrian. SAAH-DAA / SAAH-DOO-TAA - - - - martyr / martyrdom YOM D SAAH-DEH = Martyr's Day. August 7th marks the day of mourning forAssyrians around the world and to acknowledge the hundreds of thousandsof Assyrian, Armenian, and Greek lives that were lost to the muslims.August 7th was the date on which the Iraqis massacred tens of thousandsof lives in Simele, Iraq in the year 1933. SUH-RRAA - - - - moon.
Writing the letter
From bottom right, make a short curved lineupward. From bottom of curved line, make an upwardslanted line and continue with a semi-circle. Finish off with a curved line towards left (ifSimkath is the final letter in a word, make last curved linepoint downward a little past base line.

AIH (No equivilant, but like the first letter ofAlley)
EE-DAA- - - - festival / a time of feasting or celebration / a feast / an aniversary day of joy. AA-ZEEZ- - - - a person or thing very dear toyou AA-SHIQ- - - - excessive or enthusiasticpassion or love
Writing the letter
Leftward, make a very short horizontal line onbase line. From left of horizontal line, make an upwardline. From left of horizontal line, make a verticalline (do not go past top of slanted line.)

PEH (Equivilant to "P")
POO-SHAAQ MI-L'E- - - - dictionary. PRAAS-TAA- - - - spreading PAA-RRIQ- - - - rescue / save (verb). Also means finish (verb)
Writing the letter
Make a downward slanted line (upward ifporceeded by a letter). From top, make a half circle and close it withthe slanted line. From bottom of horizontal line, make a linealong base. NOTE: Placing a half-circle under Peh turns the letter NOTE: into a "F" sound. (Example: FILISTINAAYAA (Palastinian))

SAD'E (Equivilant to double "SS".)
SLEE-WAA- - - - cross SOOP-RRAA- - - - Food placed on a spread cloth or on atable to be partaken of. / Table-cloth / a cloth for covering a table,before the dishes are set on for meals. SAA-YAA-DAA- - - - hunter.
Writing the letter
From right above base line, make a u. From left of u, make a slightly curved linedownward below base line(do not go beyond right of u). At the bottom end of curved line, make ahorizontal line.

QOP (No equivilant, but between "Q" and"K")
QAA-DOO-SAA . . .- - - - example . . . / for example . . . QOO-WUT- - - - strength / endurance / possesing power QURR-'TD'E-SAA- - - - diploma / degree
Writing the letter
Make a downward vertical line (upward ifpreceeded by a letter). Make a very slight u from top right of verticalline to right. From left of very slight u, make a curved,slanted line and connect the bottom of vertical line. Make a very short, slightly curved line frombottom-left of letter.

RESH (Equivilant to "R" (with a rolling of thetounge))
RRAA-WAA-YAA (M)/ RRAA-WE-TAA (F)- - - - a drunk person RROOZ-NAA-MAA- - - - newspaper / daily paper RRAA-ZEE- - - - acceptable / willing /favorable / in mind.
Writing the letter
From right to left, make a horizontal line onbase line. Beginning from right side of line, make a shortcurved line abovehorizontal line. Make a short horizontal line above letter.

SHEEN (Equivilant to "SH")
SHAA-PEE-RRAA (M) / SHAA-PIRR-TAA (F)- - - - beautiful / pretty SHIT-RRUNJ- - - chess. SHLAA-MAA- - - - peace.
Writing the letter
Leftward, make a very short horizontal line, thenfollow through anupward stroke Leftward again, make a horizontal line on top ofletter. From middle of letter and make a very shortdownward stroke followed through by a horizontal line.

TAW (Equivilant to "T")
TO-RRAA GOOL-PI-NAA- - - - winged bull TUSH-EE-TAA- - - - history TUL-MEE-DEH- - - - Desciples
Writing the letter
Beginning on right side above top line, make along slanted slope downward (upward if preceeded by a letter) toward the right. On top of line, downward to the left, draw aslanted line to base line. From bottom right of line, connect a wavy lineand draw towards rightstopping short of other line

TAW-ALAP (Equivilant to "TA")
SIP-RRAA-YOO-TAA - - - - liturature / a person of liturary status / highly intellectual SIP-RRAA-YAA (m) / / SIP-RE-TAA (f) = literate person BTOOL-TAA - - - virgin (f). MUD-RRAASH-TAA - - - school
Writing the letter
From right to left, make a half-circle. Make a straight line at a 45 degree angle.. To the right of the left tip of the angle, draw a dot. In a circular fashion, draw a curved line (you are now making Alap). Finish off (without lifting your pencil) by connecting the bottom left of the semi-circle with a straight line..

The sentence structure is close to that of latin languages likeSpanish or French.  Instead of saying "Sargon's book", we say,"book of Sargon" (KTAA-VAA D SARR-GON), or, instead of "Assyrian flag",we say "Flag of Assyria" (AA-TAA D AA-TORR). 

Other grammatical rules would be  object-adjective instead ofadjective-object.  So instead of saying "large tower", we say"tower large" (BOORR-JAA GOO-RRAA), or, instead of "dark tea", we say,"tea dark" (CHAAY TOKH).  If you translate directly from English,you may confuse yourself.  If you know the basics of a latinlanguage or other semetic languages, these rules should be very easy tocomprehend.

Don't worry about this now, but when you excel in the Aramaic language, keep these letters in mind.
 ,       and    .   By themselves, they mean something and are combined with the the second word of a combination sentence.

   (pronounced ID when combined)            = of / symbolizes possesion
     (pronounced IL when combined)           = on / onto / to

   (pronounced OO when combined)            = and

In this lesson, I separate the letter from the combined word to make iteasier to differentiate. For example,  if the word begins with dor the AD@ sounding letter, d .  It is easier in thebeginning to read and write  "go to nineveh" than "go tonineveh"or "love and unity" than "love andunity", or "flag of Assyria" than"flag ofAssyria".

Click to listen to below words.

  (AA-TAA D AA-TOR) should be written  .
It also should be pronounced, AA-TID AA-TORR.   

  (KHOO-BAA OO KHOO-YAA-DAA) should be written .
When using Waw as the word Aand@, it is pronounced the same as above.

  (KHOOSH L NIN-WAA) should be written .
It also should be pronounced, KHOOSH-IL NIN-WAA.

Enjoy one of the three major languages of the bible (Hebrew andGreek are the others).  It is through God's strength that ourlanguage has survived such enormous odds and tragedies, especiallysince 700AD.  However, assimilation in the West cuts as a sworddoes in the East.  Survival of the language begins with theindividual.

The voice and the spirit behind the words.