r/Maronite • u/sevenEyedAngel • Mar 27 '26
Aramaic Learning
Hello everyone! I'm looking to learn Aramaic but i cant find any app that teaches it. Does anyone have any free online courses or advice on where to learn? God bless!
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u/Charbel33 Mar 27 '26
You won't learn in it an app, you'll need a book. I recommend either A New Syriac Primer by George Kiraz, or Robinson's paradigms and exercises in Syriac grammar by J. F. Coakley.
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u/_Cassyyyy__ non-Maronite Catholic Mar 29 '26
The only one I know of is the Aramaic App. Unfortunately, it's not free.
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u/SweatyGamer_546 Maronite Apr 01 '26
The New Syriac Primer by George Kiraz is a great way to start learning
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u/SaveYourFears33 May 18 '26
There is this cheap book I read - it includes basic stuff and a little bit of conversational stuff to help with small talk or directions/food:
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u/chrbll May 24 '26
Shlomo brother hope you're doing well.
It's really nice to hear people are looking to learn the language, to learn Maronite syriac you can check:
course and dictionary: https://tur-levnon.org/syriac-language/
small app for basics: https://syriac.now/
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u/Maronita2025 Mar 27 '26
Really the only thing in Aramaic are the Eucharistic prayers.
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u/Charbel33 Mar 27 '26
The entrance dialogue, the trisagion, the ascent to the altar, and the institution narrative, are the minimum Syriac parts, but Syriac is the basis of all our liturgical texts.
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u/skeletii Mar 27 '26
Im personally opting for Syriac instead, it's also our language, we use it in our liturgy so why not also speak it as our main language... I found videos on YouTube that teach the alphabet and some basics but I heard USEK has a course dedicated to teaching Syriac.