O.T and N.T. Aramaic

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The difference is that those two are two different dialects, and they differ probably just as much as Spanish and Italian.

Shlama Akhi,

Spanish and Italian are not dialects, they are completely different languages.

If you are equating Aramaic dialects with Spanish vs Italian, I don't think you really comprehend how contiguous the Aramaic language has been over it's nearly 3,000 year history.

+Shamasha

They are languages, but that is more a political border. They could be called a Latin dialect right? <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> I understood from an italian collegue, he just understands Spanish, without having learned it.
So, they are not totally different languages.

When I look at the CAL (comprehensive
Aramaic lexicon project) , the kind of words quite differ as well among those Aramaic dialects.

But this is just my 2 cents. If you really think I misunderstand the difference, this is very possible. I'm just a 'germanic' language speaker.