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It became the vehicle of Syriac Orthodox Christianity and culture, spreading throughout Asia as far as the Indian Malabar coast and Eastern China and was the medium of communication and cultural dissemination for Arabs and, to a lesser extent, Persians. Primarily a Christian medium of expression, Syriac had a fundamental cultural and literary influence on the development of Arabic which replaced it towards the end of the 8th century. Syriac remains the liturgical language of Syriac Christianity. Syriac is a Middle Aramaic language, and as such a language of the Northwestern branch of the Semitic family. Syriac is written in the Syriac alphabet, a derivation of the Aramaic alphabet. |
![Aramaic- Syriac - Assyrian alphabet. Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü¡ Ü¢ Ü£ Ü¥ ܦ ܨ Ü© ܪ Ü« ܬ Ü Ü«Ü¢Ü Ü£ÜܪÜÜÜ ÜܪܡÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ØرÙ٠اÙÙغة اÙسرÙاÙÙØ© \ اÙاراÙÙØ©. Song by Juliana Jendo ALAP- ATOOR YIMANEE, alap-Assyria is our mother. (YIMAA is used metaphorically in Assyrian as "our country") BETH- BET-NAHRAIN ATRANEE. beth- the land between two rivers (Mesopotamia in Greek) is our country. KHA LEESHANA IKLENEE. we have one language (Aramaic / Neo-Aramaic (Neo-Aramaic is synonomous with Syriac)). AN'E NA ATWATANEE. these are our letters. ATWAT'E= letters, ATOOTA=letter, ZOW'E=vowels ALAP --------------- ALAHA [1], ATA [2]. --------------- God [1], flag (synonomous with BUYDUKH)[2]. BEET --------------- BABA [3], BROONA [4], BRATA [5]. --------------- father [3], son [4], daughter [5]. GAMMAL -------------- GENANA [6], GENTA [7]. -------------- relax / to be at ease [6] , garden [7]. DALLAT -------------- DOONY'E [8], DAWELTA [9]. -------------- world [8], wealth [9]. HEH ------------- HEEWEE [10], HEMENTA [11]. -------------- hope [10], belief [11]. WAW ------------- WELYA [12], WALEETA [13]. -------------- wail (noun) / mournful outcry[12], province / tribe [13]. ZEIN -------------- ZEEWANA [14], ZRROOTA [15]. --------------- weed [14], plant (the verb) [15]. KHET -------------- KHOOBA [16], KHEERROOTA [17]. -------------- love [16], freedom[17]. TEIT -------------- TERR'E [18], TOORRAN'E [19]. -------------- birds [18], mountains [19]. YOOD <b>...</b>](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lOD1JC5JLDw/0.jpg)
