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“Nabataean (i.e., Syro-Arabian) people had a dialect differing somewhat from both Syriac and Arabic. Remains of this language are found in inscriptions in the…

— James John Courtenay

“In general it must be concluded that the accentuation of the Palestinian Aramaic (derived from Aramaic of Babylonia) was the same as the Biblical…

— John Courtenay James

“The Judaean dialect - This form of Palestinian Aramaic was akin to Nabataean and Palmyrene ... In its earliest form the language shows a…

— James John Courtenay

“the Nabataeans were real Arabs .. there is substantial agreement of Biblical Aramaic with Nabataean, both in words and construction.”

— John Courtenay James

“The Palestinian Aramaic in general is not to be distinguished from the Aramaic portions of Daniel, Ezra and the Targums in their original form.…

— James John Courtenay

“The likeness of Palmyrene to Biblical Aramaic are quite pronounced, and show that the two forms are essentially one.”

— James John Courtenay

“Aramaic spoken in 500 B.C. from Babylon in the north to Assuan in the south of Egypt was identical with what has been popularly…

— James John Courtenay

“Palmyrene maybe regarded as an alphabetic link between the Samaritan and the Jewish or Aramaic square character. Many Palmyrene words resemble Hebrew, but a…

— James John Courtenay

“In Hebrew and Aramaic the vowels have undergone vast modifications, whilst in Arabic they have retained to a large extent their primitive purity and…

— James John Courtenay

“Aramaic was spoken in certain regions of upper Egypt in the fifth century B.C.”

— James John Courtenay

“Syriac is a later development of Aramaic.”

— James John Courtenay

“Having good knowledge in Arabic language is a must for everyone who wishes to learn any other Semitic language, especially the Syro-Aramaic one.”

— Clemens Joseph David