Talk:Neo Aramaic speaking people

The bulk of this article was ripped out of a section I wrote for. I disagree with its removal here. The opening section that has been added to it has obviously been written by someone who does not understand the issue at all: Syriac is only used to refer to Christian dialects, and is not used by Melkites. — Gareth Hughes 12:04, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Of course this article is just a bigginer that needs a introduction and a base and a final conclusion. From the Syriac page: Syriac (ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Suryāyā) or Syro-Aramaic is a dialect of Aramaic.

Do Kurdish Jews not speak a dialect of Aramaic? Why can we inculde Western and Eastern dialects, as one group, but not the dialect of Kurdish Jews? And yes, Milkites originally spoke neo-aramaic, but the this has changed througout time, but there is still a small population of Milkites that speak a dialect of Aramiac, just like Maronites. Again, this page needs work, and possibly a rename of the page, if you strongly disagree with it. How about Neo-Aramaic speaking people? Chaldean 02:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects once spoken throughout the Kuristan region are as diverse as the Christian dialects. Some Melkites from Ma`loula speak Western Neo-Aramaic, but they are very much the exception rather than the rule: the Melkite tradition was always more dominated by Greek (and later Arabic). However, it is interesting that Arabic-speaking Rūm Orthodox/Catholic groups, even though they write قديس (qiddīs) for saint, they always say مار (mār), the Aramaic. However, I think it is going too far to describe Melkites as either Syriac-speaking or Neo-Aramaic-speaking. — Gareth Hughes 17:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)