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The Age of the Peshitta
Shlama Akhi Distazo,

Yes, being a highly literate society plays a significant role in slowing down the progression of linguistic shift.

Other factors are just as important.

Isolation from invading cultures tends to preserve a language as well. For example, the dialects of remote mountain clans in modern day Turkey are closer to the classical tongue, than those of the areas in Iraq which were dominated by Arabic, and those from Iran which were dominated by Persian. This is because of the isolation and extreme conditions in the mountains. They were very independent.

Persecution also plays a role. When an ethnic and religious minority is persecuted for those reasons, that tends to be a motivating factor to rally them in preserving their language, especially if that language differentiates them from their persecutors.

Also, nationalism is very important. When the speakers of a language identify with each other as a cultural and ethnic group, they tend to preserve their language more carefully because they consider it a binding factor in their identity.

Finally, the mindset of a culture plays a role as well. Middle eastern peoples are known for being very resistant to change of any kind, as I'm sure you are aware.

All languages evolve over time, when they stop evolving they are dead languages suited only for museums. It's not that Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic haven't changed over time. It's that they've changed less over time than other languages. They tend to preserve themselves more carefully, so that the Aramaic changes in 2000 years are equivalent to the English changes in 400 years.

+Shamasha
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The Age of the Peshitta - by ScorpioSniper2 - 11-20-2013, 10:21 PM
Re: The Age of the Peshitta - by Thirdwoe - 11-21-2013, 01:09 AM
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Re: The Age of the Peshitta - by distazo - 11-21-2013, 04:57 PM
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Re: The Age of the Peshitta - by distazo - 11-24-2013, 11:34 AM
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