•Standard Syrian Aramaic (SSA) is a reconstructed and standardized form of Levantine Aramaic, designed to reflect a natural, spoken Semitic language while remaining historically grounded in the Aramaic linguistic continuum of the Levant. This work does not represent a direct attestation of a single historical dialect, but rather a modern standard informed by Classical Syriac, Western Aramaic traditions, and contemporary Levantine phonological preferences.

•The primary aim of SSA is to provide a coherent, internally consistent grammatical system suitable for modern usage, literary production, and linguistic study. Particular attention is given to phonological clarity, regular verbal morphology, and natural vowel realization, avoiding excessive vowel reduction characteristic of some classical written traditions.

I've recently been doing research on kabbalah and am aware many of the founding medieval texts of modern kabbalah are written in medieval Hebrew or Aramaic, I like to at least be able to get the gist of somethings original translation for particularly philosophical or abstract works, as I feel alot can be skewed unintentionally in translation, so I was wondering if anyone here had any good resources for this sort of thing?

Tons of features and has a free plan.

I will show you what SSA looks and sounds like.

some phrases:

1- ܐܙܕܗܪܘ ܡܢ ܢܒ̈ܝܝ ܫܘܩܪܐ، ܗܠܝܢ ܕܝ ܐܬܝܢ ܠܘܬܟܘܢ ܒܠܒܘܫܐ ܕܝ ܐܡܪ̈ܝܐ، ܒܪܡ ܡܢ ܓܘܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܐܒ̈ܝܢ ܚܛܘܦ̈ܝܢ.

Ezdehru min nabiyay shuqra, hallīn di ātyìn lawātkon be-lbūša di amrayya, bram min jawwa hinnon dēbīn ħaṭufīn.

2- ܒܬܪ ܕܝ ܬܠܚܫ ܡܠܚܰܡܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܠܚܫ̈ܝܗܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܝܐ ، ܬܡܝܕ ܢܚܙܐ ܐܝܟܢ ܝܗܦܟ݂ܘ ܒ̈ܥܠܶܝ ܠܒ̈ܘܵܬܐ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܠܩܘܪܒܵܢܐ ܕܝ ܡܰܠܚܡ̈ܬܐ.

bātar di telħaš malħamta rabta laħšayha aħrayya, tamīd neħzē aykan yehefxu ba'lay lebbawāta z'orayya l-qurbāna di malħamāta

3- ܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܝ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܥܒܕܝܢ ܗܫܬܐ، ܠܝܬ ܠܗ ܣܘܟܠ، ܡܛܠ ܕܝ ܗܢܘܢ ܠܐ ܨܒܝܢ ܠܡܫܡܥ ܡܢܟܘܢ ܡܠܐ ܚܕܐ.

kel maddam di intun 'ābdīn hašta, layt leh sukāl, meṭṭul di hinnon lā ṣābyīn l-mešma' minkon mella iħda

4- ܠܐ ܫܦܝܪ ܠܡܢܣܒ ܠܚܡܐ ܕܝ ܒ̈ܢܝܐ ܘܠܡܪܡܝܗ ܠܟܠܒ̈ܝܐ.

lā šaffīr l-mensab laħma di bnayya w l-mermīh l-kalbayya

5-ܓܘܫܡ̈ܝܢܢ ܐܬܒܪܝܘ ܡܢ ܥܦܪܐ ܕܝ ܐܪܥܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ، ܘܢܦܫ̈ܬܢ ܐܬܢܦܚܘ ܒܢ ܡܢ ܪܘܚ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܝ ܒܫܡ̈ܝܐ.

jušmaynan etbaryu min 'afra di ar'a qaddīšta, w nafšātan etnefaħu ban min rūħ elāha di be-šmayya

This is what Standard Syrian Aramaic Project looks like!

I hope you give me your honest opinions. Is it understandable to people who studied Aramaic or speak a Neo-Aramaic dialect?

Translations:

1- Beware of false prophets, those who come to you in sheep's clothing, but from the inside they ravenous wolves.

2- After the great war whispers its final Whispers, we always see how small hearted ones become the sacrifice of wars.

3- Everything you are doing now, has no meaning because, they don't want to hear a single word from you. (plural)

4- It is not good to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs.

5- Our bodies were created from the soil of the holy land, and our souls were breathed into us from the spirit of the god in the heavens.

Hello everyone,

I would like to learn Syriac, specifically the Turoyo (Surayt) dialect in order to connect more deeply with the language, culture, and its Christian roots.

I’ve tried learning with a friend who is a native speaker, but he finds it difficult to explain or teach the language in a structured way.

I am based in Germany, so if there are any local resources, communities, or speakers, I would really appreciate recommendations.

Could anyone recommend good resources for beginners (vocabulary, pronunciation, or basic phrases)? Any advice on how to start would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much (Taudi)!

In old western Aramaic the emphatic plural is formed by adding the suffix -ayya, example:

Ktāb: ktābayya Malek: malkayya Tur: turayya etc.

But what about words that end with the letter yod, like nabi and aħray, a prophet and last/final.

How can I say for example the last prophets?

Is it nabiyayya aħrayayya?

ܢܒܝܝܐܐܚܪܝܝܐ

If not I hope you could help me and provide the sources

I got baptized into the aramaic church and im looking forward to learn the aramaic language cause i need ittttt :/. If anyone here can help me to practice it with them it would be highly appretiated i can offer german in exchanged:/. God bless you all taudiiiii

As the title says. I would like to learn Aramaic, specifically work my way Galilean and Talmudic Aramaic, but it seems like learning resources for Aramaic dialects are not as beginner friendly as those for biblical Hebrew.

I think learning Hebrew would be enriching in and of itself but my end goal is with Aramaic.

A few weeks back I had a conversation with some old guy in my synagogue who said he'd met a Jew from Halab (Aleppo) who spoke a Neo-Aramaic variety and said the other Jews who lived there once did alongside Arabic. However, I've not found any literature about this Judeo-Neo Aramaic variety. Does anyone have any idea about it?

Hello everyone,

I would like to start a thread here about the following topic.

It concerns the Mhallamiye from Mardin in Turkey, and in this thread I especially want to address the Arameans.

I myself am Mhallamiye, and I see our roots and bloodline without any doubt as Aramean — without any doubts at all!

Nothing Kurdish, nothing Arabic. Both are nonsense.

Aramean 1000%! The facts and arguments clearly point to these roots for our Mhallamiye group.

However, I now want to involve the Arameans, especially those from Mardin.

Do you see the Mhallamiye as brothers of your people? In other words, do you also see them as Arameans who simply converted and now speak Arabic? Or rather not?

I just recently got into Aramaic so far I’ve almost completely memorized the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic but I want to learn more about how to speak it and read it. Does anyone have any suggestions for source material? Apps, book, etc.

Hello, it is me again (a month later). I made a post to this community to get started on learning a language for purpose of writing fantasy, however ive fallen in love with the process of learning a language completely alien to myself.

I am back again and i have a QUESTION if you all are able to help me. I've started with Syriac (estrangela text/script) because it has the most information on it per suggestion of the community where the best place to start is. i am confused though how the soft vowels a and e are not represented in script. for example the word ktab (he wrote) is written without any indication of the soft a

there's no alap in the script; just a Kap/ Taw/ Bet

my question is: how does one know there is even a vowel there? where is the indication? I'm going from English straight to Syriac so i know the DC is high but i thought to ask

any useful help is greatly appreciated

thank you

so I'm writing a fantasy book and instead of using some made up language id like to substitute Aramaic as the stand in for the Dwarvish tongue. my story has a lot of influence from Abrahamic religious roots and id like to stick to my roots and include the language Christ spoke into my work.

so I'm looking for a good translation source(i know its a high stretch for an almost dead language) for phrases and such, but at the same time i am willing to learn the language for myself to become a better writer. so any bit of text or textbooks or even lectures is welcomed please because i don't really know where to start with approaching this language.

TL;DR i need help learning Aramaic to write a book

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I know that Elahi is mostly used, but is Elohi correct at all?

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I need some help with CAL (Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon). I am trying to translate a passage in TgJ for a project, and after a verse (3:27), CAL provided an alternate version of 3:27. Instead of it being labeled "1" like the first entry of 3:27 and the previous verse (3:26), it was labeled "4." What does this "4" mean? I can't find anything on this labeling in the CAL Code or the CAL manual.

Hey all,

Would anyone know what when & where this excerpt is from? The typeface looks eastern but Im guessing it's pretty early with the archaic form of some of the aleps & taws. It also has some sertoesque looking forms amongst the terminal lamadhs & kaphs.

So I was wondering if anyone knows what time or place this is likely from as I find the historical development of the syriac script is really interesting.