Talk:Christian Aramaic

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[edit] Impression

I'm under the impression that the term "Christian Aramaic" refers to Aramaic as used by Arameans, as opposed to Jewish Aramaic (Aramaic as used by Jews) and Samaritan Aramaic (Aramaic as used by Samaritans). Anyone on here know whether or not this impression is correct? Gringo300 05:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asking in advance

I'm asking in advance to potentially save myself some trouble: If I started an article titled "Christian Neo-Aramaic", would it be merged into/with this article? Gringo300 05:32, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I've written articles about every major variety of Christian Aramaic, so I'm not sure that this article is needed at all. Aramaic has been used by Christians from the beginning of Christianity, and the most important variety by far is Syriac. The other major early variety with a literature is Christian Palestinian Aramaic (write an article on that — much more needed than this). In the modern period, a fairly large number of varieties of Modern Aramaic have been recorded, of which Chaldean Neo Aramaic (Alqosh dialect) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmian dialect) produced their own literature. There is a continuum of dialects of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic, with some interaction with Jewish varieties in places, and then there are Turoyo language, the extinct Mlahso language and Western Neo-Aramaic (the latter being the most distinct of the Christian Neo-Aramaic varieties). That's about it. I don't know how much this article is really worth. — Gareth Hughes 16:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)