used as a true alphabet with distinct letters for all phonemes including vowels instead of the traditional abjad system with plosive-fricative pairs. Sample of Lord's Prayer Lord's Prayer in Western Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, Syriac and Hebrew. Miscellaneous words and sample phrases Gallery See also Eugen Prym Albert Socin Neo-Aramaic languages Western Aramaic languages Syriac script#West Syriac Serṭā Literature Arnold, Werner: Das Neuwestaramäische (Western Neo-Aramaic), 5 volumes. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden (Semitica Viva 4), Volume 1: Texte aus Baxʿa (Texts from Baxʿa), 1989, ISBN 3-447-02949-8, Volume 2: Texte aus Ğubbʿadīn (Texts from Ğubbʿadīn), 1990, ISBN 3-447-03051-8, Volume 3: Volkskundliche Texte aus Maʿlūla (Texts of folk tradition from Maʿlūla), 1991, ISBN 3-447-03166-2, Volume 4: Orale Literatur aus Maʿlūla (Oral Literature from Maʿlūla), 1991, ISBN 3-447-03173-5, Volume 5: Grammatik (Grammar), 1990, ISBN 3-447-03099-2/ Arnold, Werner: Lehrbuch des Neuwestaramäischen (A Manual to Western Neo-Aramaic), Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1989, ISBN 3-447-02910-2. Notes Sources External links Yawna Maaloula Aramaic Non-profit educational project to preserve Aramaic, the language of Jesus, and the culture and heritage of Maaloula. Western Neo-Aramaic alphabet and pronunciation at Omniglot http://semarch.uni-hd.de/dokumentgruppen.php4?ST_ID=5&DT_ID=8 . The dialect of Maaloula. Grammar, vocabulary and texts. (1897–1898) By Jean Parisot (in French): Parts 1, 2, 3 at the Internet Archive. Central Semitic languages Neo-Aramaic languages Languages of Syria Languages of Lebanon Western Aramaic languages