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To: marshmallow

Aramaic is spoken by Iraqi Caldians as well.


8 posted on 10/01/2011 4:10:38 PM PDT by AgThorn (the people that work for a living are out voted by the people that vote for a living ....)
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To: AgThorn
Aramaic is spoken by Iraqi Caldians as well.

Actually, East Syriac or Assyrian, is a different, but closely related language. Aramaic and Assyrian are closely related enough that speakers of each can understand the other (rather like Russian and Ukrainian). But Aramaic proper is only spoken in the region near Maalula in Syria.

22 posted on 10/01/2011 8:00:21 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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