according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (“Language of Jesus’ era nearly gone; about 800,000 Aramaic speakers, with the number shrinking by the year.

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries.

It was a sunny morning in May, and I was in a car with a linguist and a tax preparer trolling the suburbs of Chicago for native speakers of Aramaic, the 3,000-year-old language of Jesus.

But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria’s two oldest ...

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More ancient texts are discovered throughout the Near East every year in both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. Analyzing these texts is extremely important for researchers studying the culture ...

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In the language used in the home category, the figures show there are 38,534 people speaking Assyrian Neo-Aramaic in 2021 compared to 28,349 in the 2016 Census, an increase of 35.9%. Those ...

But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria’s two ...