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This 5,000-year-old hillside village in Maaloula, Syria, is one of the last remaining native Aramaic-speaking communities in the world. " Aramaic is on the verge of extinction,” warns a specialist in the language spoken in the time of Jesus - threatened by devastating civil wars and the mass exodus of Aramaic-speaking Christians from the Middle East.
Aramaic (air-uh-MAY-ick) is an ancient language deeply rooted in the Middle East, and the native tongue of Yeshua - Jesus - and his family, friends, and followers.
The Christian Lord's Prayer ("Our Father"), written in a form of Aramaic script. Like all Middle Eastern languages, Aramaic is read from right to left. The word commonly translated as "Our Father" - abwoon - appears in the top right corner.