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  Aramaic language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
As the language grew in importance, it came to be spoken throughout the Mediterranean coastal area of the Levant, and spread east of the Tigris.
It was the language of the city-states of Damascus, Hamath and Arpad.
Nabataean Aramaic is the language of the Arab kingdom of Petra.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/r/a/Aramaic.html   (5735 words)

  
 Syriac language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Western Middle Syriac is the official language of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Syrian Catholic Church, the Maronite Church, the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, the Mar Thoma Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
Eastern Middle Syriac is the liturgical language of the Assyrian Church of the East (including the Chaldean Syrian Church), the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
The Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century led to the rapid decline of the language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syriac_language   (2271 words)

  
 Chaldean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a modern Aramaic language spoken today by Chaldean Catholics ("Chaldean script" is sometimes used to refer to the Eastern Syriac alphabet)
Chaldean Dynasty, conventionally known to historians as the 11th dynasty of the Kings of Babylon (6th century BC)
Chaldean mythology, a generalized term used to refer to all the mythologies of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaldean   (235 words)

  
 Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce
Chaldeans are among the many ethnic groups that have been immigrating to the Metropolitan Detroit area since the 1920’s.
Chaldeans belong to the Eastern Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.
Chaldean businessmen are participating in positive interaction programs with their customers and neighbors, contributing to soup kitchens, youth programs and area churches.
www.chaldeanchamber.com /communityOverview.html   (1531 words)

  
 Chaldeans - Crystalinks
Systems: Chaldean references were used by several ancient authors to denote the priests and other persons educated in the classical Babylonian literature, especially in traditions of astronomy and astrology.
Politics: The Chaldeans made their influence felt in Babylonian politics, and several 9th and 8th century BC Babylonian kings were of Chaldean origins.
The centers of the Chaldeans is Metropolitan Detroit, MI (where the majority of the Chaldeans are) in addition to San Diego, CA, and a smaller population in Phoenix, AZ and Chicago, IL.
www.crystalinks.com /chaldeans.html   (1515 words)

  
 Aramaic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koine Greek was the language of international trade and the Roman administration.
Jewish Middle Babylonian is the language employed by Jewish writers in Babylonia between the 4th century and the 11th century CE.
It is most commonly identified with the language of the Babylonian Talmud (which was completed in the seventh century) and of post-Talmudic (Geonic) literarure, which are the most important cultural products Babylonian Jewry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aramaic_language   (5628 words)

  
 Praying in Jesus' Own Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
To assess the extent of the reform, ZENIT interviewed Monsignor Petrus Yousif, professor of Syro-Chaldean patrology and Chaldean liturgy at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Catholic Institute of Paris.
The Chaldean rite is used by Chaldeans, Assyrians and Malabars.
Monsignor Yousif: The Chaldeans are in the five continents and practice their liturgy with freedom, using their language and translating it to the local languages if necessary.
www.aina.org /news/20060122195947.htm   (724 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Chaldean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Chaldean is the name given to the ancient language Urartian also known as Vannic.
It was the official language of Urartu spoken in northeastern Anatolia in the 9th—6th centuries BCE.
It along with Hurrian are thought to be descended from the same language.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chaldean   (150 words)

  
 Iraq2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Chaldean (Aramaic) was the dominant language of the area currently encompassing Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Israel from 700 BC till shortly after the Arab Muslim conquest of the area during the seventh century AD.
The majority of the rites and history of the Church of the East is written and preserved in Aramaic, the language chosen by God, to have his son Jesus Christ use it to spread his message of truth and salvation.
Chaldeans, are descendents of all the native people of Mesopotamia, whether Chaldeans/Babylonians, Assyrians, Arameans, Akkadians, Sumerians..etc. They're a living 7000 years old nation that has contributed tremendously to the civilization of Mankind.
www.hrwf.net /html/iraq2001.html   (2510 words)

  
 Chapter 17
In his Chaldean History, he speaks of a great number of people as inhabiting Chaldea, and of ten early kings of the Chaldeans who ruled before the time of Abraham, and of the Chaldean language, and of the Chaldean kings beginning with Nabonasar.
Alexander was suspicious of the Chaldeans, because at that time they managed the affairs of Bel, and he though that the so–called prophecy was meant for their profit rather than for his good.
After these, the Chaldeans and not only the seers (priests) of the Babylonians, but even the skilled workmen, advanced with the harps of their own class; the last mentioned were wont to sing the praises of the kings; the Chaldeans to manifest the movements of the stars, and the fixed changes of the seasons.
home.earthlink.net /~ironmen/wilson/studies_chap17.htm   (5858 words)

  
 The Chaldeans, Facts and Fiction
Today’s Chaldean term is a pure religious title which dates back originally to the 15th century when the Nestorians of Cyprus and their bishop declared their loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church.
Nabopolassar, the Chaldean, in 626 seized the opportunity and proclaimed himself King over Babylon hence starting what is known to scholars as the Neo-Babylonian period, or as it is known too, the period of the Chaldean kings over Babylon which lasted 87 years.
In summary, we read that the Chaldean dynasty ruled over Babylonia for some 87 years, and they spoke a dialect of Akkadian or Aramaic, and we are not able until today to point out to any such thing as a Chaldean language.
www.nineveh.com /census2000.htm   (3916 words)

  
 Origins - 100 Q & A about Arab Americans - Detroit Free Press
The four main language groups in the Middle East are Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.
The Chaldeans are the largest of these groups in the United States.
The Chaldean language is different from Arabic and, in Iraq, Chaldeans are religiously distinct from the Muslim majority.
www.bintjbeil.com /E/news/100q/origins.html   (497 words)

  
 January 6, 2002
The Chaldean Catholics, who are loyal to the Vatican, trace their roots to the fourth century A.D., when their creed became the official religion of the Mesopotamian region of the Roman Empire.
Contemporary Chaldeans are the descendants of the inhabitants of ancient Mesopotamia.
As much as I like and respect the Old Aramaic language, I think it is time for the Assyrian churches to change their services and sermons, like the rest of the churches around the globe, to a more relevant and modern language which the majority understand and relates to.
www.zindamagazine.com /html/archives/2003/1.6.03/index.php   (14038 words)

  
 Chapter 8 - THE ADAMIC LANGUAGE AND THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
Maybe it was at the time of Abraham that under the influence of the Chaldean language the O turned into an H, or at the sojourn in Egypt.
Responsible for the changing of the Adamic language into Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and into the language of the Massorets until the development of today's Ivrith is alone the devil or Satan.
The God-given Adamic language was constructed that way that at any time a reconstruction of the language and its pronunciation was possible.
www.iouo-god.net /Study/Chapter_8/chapter_8.html   (1345 words)

  
 Welcome To Chaldean Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Chaldean Democratic Party (Iraq and all over the World).
Assyrian Socialist Party (Chaldean / Assyrian / Syriac of Sweden).
Any Organization that is Intereseted in Adopting the Chaldean Mesopotamian Legitimate Flag, can e-mail us their name and address to:
www.chaldeanflag.com   (76 words)

  
 100 Q&A on Arab Americans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Culture, language and religion are distinct qualities that act in different ways to connect Arabs, and to distinguish them from one another.
Chaldeans and Assyrians, along with Arabs, are Semite people.
Arab is a noun for a person, and is used as an adjective, as in "Arab country." Arabic is the name of the language and generally is not used as an adjective.
www.al-sahafa.us /100QAonArabAmericans.htm   (5977 words)

  
 Kurd's New Year and its relation to the Assyrian and Babylonian Akitu festival
And about the rite it was said "Chaldean rite system of liturgical practices and discipline historically associated with the Church of the East, or Nestorian Church, and also used today by the Catholic patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans".
Further, the Chaldeans language in the Old Testament using the Aramaic Language "wa mallil amhon leshana chalday" referred into the using the astrology terms.
Because the language of the Chaldeans Sect is Assyrian or Syriac.
www.christiansofiraq.com /Azad.html   (1163 words)

  
 Eastern Catholic
Secondary, the Syrian liturgy or rite of the Apostle St. James of Jerusalem in the Syrian language is observed by about 800,000 Schismatics in Syria, Palestine and Egypt.
Thirdly, the Armenian rite and language is used exclusively by the people of the Armenian race in Asiatic Turkey, Persia, Russia, an the colonies in Hungary, Glacial and the Ukraine (about 2 ½ millions); also by the Catholic Armenians who count only about 100,00 souls.
Fifth, the Chaldean rite in the old Chaldean language is observed by the heretical was well as Schismatical Nestorians in Persia (about 140,000) and the Catholic "Chaldean Christians" of Persia (about 70,000) and India and the Malabar Islands (about 250,000).
www.melkite.org /eastern.htm   (947 words)

  
 Assyrian Heritage of the Christians of Mesopotamia
The language used by the Chaldean Church was and continues to be the same as that of the Church of the East which has been historically known as suraya, Surit and Syriac.
The use of Chaldic and Chaldean was intended to provide the new Church with not only a different religious identity but to separate its members from their true ethnic and linguistic heritage.
The term "Chaldean Language" was promoted heavily by the Latin missionaries and the French diplomats as substitute for Syriac, Surit and Suraya.
www.christiansofiraq.com /joseph/reply.html   (4770 words)

  
 ICA, International Chaldean Association
Chaldea / Mesoptamia (Beth-Nahrein in Chaldean language), the Homeland of the Chaldean Babylonian people (Speakers of Surth) is undoubtedly as all archeological, historical and biblical sources unanimously agree, the foremost cradle of human culture all together and the land of the firsts.
This same land is the place that witnessed the birth of history when the Sumerians hand in hand with the Proto-Euphratesians people (5300 BC) the ancestors of Chaldeans innovated pictographic writing in Uruk in the mid of the fifth millennium BC, and afterwards the Babylon ians organized the daily life (2000-539 BC).
Nowadays, Chaldeans descendants are holding the torch of noble art forward.
www.chaldeanart.com   (179 words)

  
 Chladean Educational Center of America, Chaldean flag
The two blue vertical lines (1987 versions and up) represent the eternal rivers Tigris and Euphrates which spring from the north and flow into the south of the Mesopotamian Land (The Chaldean Gulf / Tam-Ti-Sa-Mat-Kaldi) in the ancient Babylonian language.
The sun (Eightfold Star) represents the Babylonians' symbol of Law and Justice, the two internal circles Yellow (Sun), Blue (Moon) representing the Chaldeans Babylonians' cultural contributions to the human history especially in Astronomy and Math.
The eightfold sun is designed in the Mesopotamian Chaldean style.
www.chaldean4u.org /chaldean_flag.htm   (205 words)

  
 Chladean Educational Center of America, Who_are_Chaldean
CHALDEA / Mesopotamia (Beth-Nahrein in Chaldean language), the Homeland of the Chaldean Babylonian people, is undoubtedly, as all archeological, historical and biblical sources unanimously agree, the foremost origin of human culture all together.
Another hard evidence is that the first ever known civilization, prior to the great flood, was (Eridu) the twin city of (Ur of Chaldean) founded by the Chaldeans' ancestors (Proto-Euphratesians) before the expatriation of northern Sumerians by almost 2000 years.
The undeniable truth that the most ancient national / ethnical presence among all Mesopotamians in Sealand region was Chaldean.
www.chaldean4u.org /who_are_chaldean.htm   (298 words)

  
 Chaldean Flag Appendix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Neo-Babylonian / 11th Babylonian Dynasty / Chaldeans (626-539) of Nabopolassar (626-605) & Nebuchadnezzar II the greatest (604-562).
In the 1st half of the 1st century A.D. Chaldeans embarced Christianity and started using the religious name (syriac / Sorya or Soryaya) to differentiate themslves from other Chaldeans who kept their ancient religious.
Around the year 428 A.D. a great number of the Christian Chaldeans followed the Schism Nestoiranism and started using the name Nestorians till Feb. 7,1445 when they regained their old ethnical name (CHALDEANS).
chaldeanflag.com /appendix.htm   (491 words)

  
 Ethnologue Language code 'CLD'
Get further details about this language from The Ethnologue.
See also the alphabetical language list and full country list.
Another reference on countries, languages and people groups is Peoplegroups.org.
globalrecordings.net /langcode/CLD   (50 words)

  
 Assyrian - Chaldean - Chat • View topic - I Love you [ Guest ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
I know maybe 6 Chaldeans personally, yet all of them only speak Arabic and English nor do they know much about the Chaldean history.
Much of the language is the same but some words may be pronounced a little different from one another.
Yes its like that with Armenian language too because we are spread all over the world..
www.chaldeanchat.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=607   (1216 words)

  
 The Chaldean Federation of America
The Chaldean Federation of America is an umbrella organization for Chaldean organizations that are assisting in scholarships, education and humanitarianism.
* Assist Chaldeans to assimilate into American society while maintaining and cherishing the Chaldean language, heritage and traditions.
*To promote public awareness and understanding of the Chaldean famiily, history and culture.
www.chaldeanfederation.org   (130 words)

  
 Chaldean Language Swear Words and their English Translation. Profanity, Swearing, Cursing, Cussing and Insulting!
Chaldean Language Swear Words and their English Translation.
How to swear, insult, cuss and curse in Chaldean!
Fuck the whore that brought you into this world!
www.insultmonger.com /swearing/chaldean.htm   (26 words)

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