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I made a browser extension called VocabBoost, which allows one to make a fill-in-the-blanks language test (i.e. a quiz) out of any website. I’ve got an impression that there are not many test materials in Syriac, but there are some texts. So I thought you might find the extension useful to practice Syriac. I tested the extension on this page and here (screenshot) is the result. Unfortunately I don’t know Syriac, so I am not sure whether extension always works for Syriac. I would appreciate your feedback.
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I myself needed to pass German C1 exam recently and, thus, had to improve my vocabulary. Unfortunately, textbooks felt boring, so I had an idea to make an extension to just convert sites I already like into my own ‘textbooks’. That worked really well and was much more enjoyable.
The extension is free, because I want everyone to have equitable access to learning materials. I accept donations to support development, but they are 100% optional and there are no pesky reminders to donate.
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I hope this helps you with learning Syriac!
Hello! I am conducting research into the resurgence of interest in the language of Syriac in the Maronite community. If anyone has been studying or learning about Syriac, would you be willing to share why and what the language means to you? Thanks!
What is the spoken language of Jesus Christ? What is the historical language of Levant and Mesopotamia? And many questions about Christianity and about the Semitic Languages.
But when you said Syriac language you will have all of answers about your questions, so what is Syriac?
Syriac is by far the best documented Aramaic dialect. Based on the designation urhāyā ‘(the language) of Edessa’, it is likely that Syriac originated in or around Edessa. As the primary language of Syriac Christianity, it spread over much of Mesopotamia and Syria reaching as far as Ethiopia, India, and Central Asia. Syriac is first found in non-Christian tomb inscriptions that date from the 1st to the 3rd cent. These inscriptions display several archaic features some of which also occur in early. The majority of Syriac literature stems from the Christian communities that emerged in Mesopotamia and Northern Syria starting in the 2nd cent. AD. The ‘Golden Age’ of Syriac spanned from the 4th to the 7th cent. and produced a considerable corpus of original prose and poetry as well as translations from Greek. After the Islamic conquests in the 7th cent., Syriac was gradually replaced by Arabic though it lived on for several centuries and even witnessed a brief renaissance in the 12th and 13th cent.
Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic (which one of Aramaic dialect Is Syriac), the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem. This is generally agreed upon by historians. The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities. It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Judea, and it is reasonable to assume that Jesus was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes.
Syriac is the primary language of Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christianity is the form of Eastern Christianity whose formative theological writings and traditional liturgy are expressed in the Syriac language, which had a lot of precious religious texts , that recommended to learn Syriac to understand the Valuable content.
Syriac has enjoyed a long tradition of academic study in Syriac-speaking communities, the first Painter in the Middle east was Syriac in Lebanon 1610 CE, and first Iron letters were Syriac, the holy men paint Religious books, and it painted Syriac books until 1834.
There are many attempts to revive this lang
... keep reading on reddit ➡This question has a follow up. If the language was already fully developed, is tracing the word origin to a mother language necessary?
Example, I see people saying a certain Arabic word in the Quran has Aramaic origin or Hebrew origin and it means that but in Arabic it means something else. Is this possible?
http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/oriental/syriac.htm
"The oldest of the Syriac scripts, known as Estrangelo 'rounded', was fully developed by the 5th century. Later, two geographic scripts would derive from it: West Syriac, whose proper name is Serto, and East Syriac. The Syriac writing system lent its vocalization system to Hebrew and Arabic in the 7th century, before which Semitic languages were written using consonants only. At the time of Genghis Khan (12th century), the Mongolian script was derived from Syriac. [Beth Mardutho produced fonts of the Syriac scripts]
The spread of Syriac was due to at least two factors: the spread of Christianity in the Semitic-speaking world, and commerce on the Silk Road, both activities sometimes combined. A testimony of this rather remarkable expansion is the bilingual Chinese and Syriac text from Sian in China. Today, a few million Christians in India of various denominations follow the Syriac tradition.
Within a few centuries from its origin, Syriac produced a wealth of literature in all sorts of fields, literary, philosophical, liturgical, scientific, historical, and linguistic, to name but a few."
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"By the year 200, the books of the Old Testament were translated from Hebrew, probably by Syriac-speaking Jews and early Jewish converts. The earliest form of the New Testament, the Diatessaron, a harmony of the Gospels, appeared at the same time. A full translation of the Greek New Testament followed. To this period also belong the Odes of Solomon, 42 short lyrical poems; the story of the 'Aramean Sage' Ahikar, a narrative set in the time of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (740-681 BC); and the Acts of Judas Thomas, a narrative of the Apostle's mission to India.
The fourth century witnessed the first major writings that survived till this day. Of the writings of the 'Persian Sage' Aphrahat, twenty-three Demonstrations survive, twenty-two of which are alphabetic acrostics. Amongst the topics discussed are faith, love, prayer, war, humility, the Sabbath, and food. Another work of this period is the anonymous Book of Steps, dealing with spiritual direction.
The most celebrated writer of this period, however, is Ephrem the Syrian. He is the theologian-poet par excellence, and "perhaps, the only theologian-poet to rank beside Dante". Ephrem produced a wealth of theological works in prose and artistic poetry. His fame resulted in many writings of later centuries to be attributed to him. Of his
... keep reading on reddit ➡
I understand that there are three official languages in the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava: Kurdish, Arabic and one "Syriac-Aramaic" (maybe a fourth one Turkish/Turkmen, but this is not my point here). I do know that the internal splits and naming issues concerning the language(s) of Assyrians in Rojava is highly emotional and politizised, so my simple question: How is this third official language officially named? Is there a source to link? (And if there is no such official name by the Rojava administration, can the law of Syria give a hint?)
What is the spoken language of Jesus Christ? What is the historical language of Levant and Mesopotamia? And many questions about Christianity and about the Semitic Languages.
But when you said Syriac language you will have all of answers about your questions, so what is Syriac? Syriac is by far the best documented Aramaic dialect. Based on the designation urhāyā ‘(the language) of Edessa’, it is likely that Syriac originated in or around Edessa. As the primary language of Syriac Christianity, it spread over much of Mesopotamia and Syria reaching as far as Ethiopia, India, and Central Asia. Syriac is first found in non-Christian tomb inscriptions that date from the 1st to the 3rd cent. These inscriptions display several archaic features some of which also occur in early. The majority of Syriac literature stems from the Christian communities that emerged in Mesopotamia and Northern Syria starting in the 2nd cent. AD. The ‘Golden Age’ of Syriac spanned from the 4th to the 7th cent. and produced a considerable corpus of original prose and poetry as well as translations from Greek. After the Islamic conquests in the 7th cent., Syriac was gradually replaced by Arabic though it lived on for several centuries and even witnessed a brief renaissance in the 12th and 13th cent.
Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic (which one of Aramaic dialect Is Syriac), the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem. This is generally agreed upon by historians. The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities. It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Judea, and it is reasonable to assume that Jesus was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes.
Syriac is the primary language of Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christianity is the form of Eastern Christianity whose formative theological writings and traditional liturgy are expressed in the Syriac language, which had a lot of precious religious texts , that recommended to learn Syriac to understand the Valuable content.
Syriac has enjoyed a long tradition of academic study in Syriac-speaking communities, the first Painter in the Middle east was Syriac in Lebanon 1610 CE, and first Iron letters were Syriac, the holy men paint Religious books, and it painted Syriac books until 1834.
There are many attempts to revive this langu
... keep reading on reddit ➡What is the spoken language of Jesus Christ? What is the historical language of Levant and Mesopotamia? And many questions about Christianity and about the Semitic Languages.
But when you said Syriac language you will have all of answers about your questions, so what is Syriac? Syriac is by far the best documented Aramaic dialect. Based on the designation urhāyā ‘(the language) of Edessa’, it is likely that Syriac originated in or around Edessa. As the primary language of Syriac Christianity, it spread over much of Mesopotamia and Syria reaching as far as Ethiopia, India, and Central Asia. Syriac is first found in non-Christian tomb inscriptions that date from the 1st to the 3rd cent. These inscriptions display several archaic features some of which also occur in early. The majority of Syriac literature stems from the Christian communities that emerged in Mesopotamia and Northern Syria starting in the 2nd cent. AD. The ‘Golden Age’ of Syriac spanned from the 4th to the 7th cent. and produced a considerable corpus of original prose and poetry as well as translations from Greek. After the Islamic conquests in the 7th cent., Syriac was gradually replaced by Arabic though it lived on for several centuries and even witnessed a brief renaissance in the 12th and 13th cent.
Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic (which one of Aramaic dialect Is Syriac), the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem. This is generally agreed upon by historians. The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities. It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Judea, and it is reasonable to assume that Jesus was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes.
Syriac is the primary language of Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christianity is the form of Eastern Christianity whose formative theological writings and traditional liturgy are expressed in the Syriac language, which had a lot of precious religious texts , that recommended to learn Syriac to understand the Valuable content. Syriac has enjoyed a long tradition of academic study in Syriac-speaking communities, the first Painter in the Middle east was Syriac in Lebanon 1610 CE, and first Iron letters were Syriac, the holy men paint Religious books, and it painted Syriac books until 1834.
There are many attempts to revive thi
... keep reading on reddit ➡I understand that there are three official languages in the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava: Kurdish, Arabic and one "Syriac-Aramaic" (maybe a fourth one Turkish/Turkmen, but this is not my point here). I do know that the internal splits and naming issues concerning the language(s) of Assyrians in Rojava is highly emotional and politizised, so my simple question: How is this third official language officially named? Is there a source to link? (And if there is no such official name by the Rojava administration, can the law of Syria give a hint?)
