
The Bible in Arabic - part 1
Working for the Word - a Bible translation podcast
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The Difference Between English Dialects
Shamea, or the dialect of lebanon, syria, israel and west bank and palestinian territories. That dialect is heavily affected by the syriac language - a dialect of aromaic that was spoken by christians across the fertile crescent before 7th century. Many vocabulary words in daily use in shemea are actually from syriac roots. They're not modern, standard arabic roots. So that's one way that's different from our english dialects. In general, it doesn't divide us as much as shame is divided from, for example, fusha or haligi dialect of the gulf. Though, as a british and
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