Grammar of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac

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Excerpt from Grammar of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac: As Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and the Plain of Mosul, With Notices of the Vernacular of the Jews of Azerbaijan and of Zakhu Near Mosul Their vernacular has, as far as is known, been until late years an unwritten language. They have long used, and still most commonly use, the classical Syriac (which they call The Old Language) in writing as well as for their religious services, indeed only those who have studied in the European missionary schools are able to write the vernacular, which they call The New Language or The Language of Speaking. In this grammar the terms' Old' and New Syriac are retained for convenience although they are somewhat of a misnomer, since, as will be seen in the sequel, the vernacular is not probably derived from the classical Syriac, and many forms in the latter are more developed than those which correspond to them in the former. In writing the classical Syriac the Eastern Syrians naturally employ their own character, which is that used in this book, and which resembles the old Estrangéla more than the Western Syrian or Jacobite character. There are also a few differences in pronunciation be tween the Eastern and Western Syrians in reading the classical language, the former for example saying a where the latter say 6, and there are several differences in the grammatical forms. All the quotations from classical Syriac in this book are written in the Eastern Syrian manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.