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From: martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Joaquim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: Nestorian and Jacobite Characters -- what are they?
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 13:47:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 13:47:31 1985
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Nestorian  characters  are  a  set  of  characters  used to write modern
Eastern Aramaic by Assyrian and Chaldean Christians in Iraq,  Syria  and
Iran.

Jacobite  characters are a set of characters used to write modern Syriac
(a.k.a Palestinian Christian Aramaic).  Syrian (Jacobite) Christians and
Maronite  (Oriental Catholic) Christians use slightly different variants
of the same alphabet.

If you walk down Devon Street or Kedzie in Chicago,  you  will  probably
see variants of these alphabets.

Otherwise,  pick  up a copy of An Aramaic Handbook (Part II/I) edited by
Franz Rosenthal.