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Описание гражданской войны в Сирии жителем Маалулы
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Duntsov A. N., Бурлаков Ф. Ю., Головина А. А., Костомарова К. П., Новокрещенных Е. В.
The publication presents a fragment of a story by Philip Šōʕra (Arabic: Aš-Šāʕir) in the Maʕlūla dialect of Modern Western Aramaic. Maaloula is a dialect of the Syrian city of the same name, located 55 km northeast of Damascus. Maaloula is one of three settlements in which dialects of modern Western Aramaic continue to be used as a living language. The story focuses on the capture of Maaloula by radical Islamists during the Syrian Civil War and the killing of several local residents. The recording took place on December 10, 2020, in the city of Maaloula, Syria. Informant – Philip Sho’ra, 83, worked as a baker in Lebanon and returned to Maaloula to become a farmer.
Keywords: Neo-Aramaicновоарамейский языкMaaloulamodern Western Aramaicсовременный западноарамейский языкМаалула
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