Chaldean Grammar Paperback – March 13, 2014

EXCELLENT

If you--like me--learned to speak Chaldean from hearing your family speaking it at home, then you probably did not have the opportunity to learn to read and write the language. Well, problem solved! CHALDEAN GRAMMAR begins with the alphabet and the sounds, and progresses systematically with nouns, pronouns, verbs, conjugations, parts of speech, etc. There are even practice exercises to keep you grounded, a bi-directional dictionary of some 2000 words, and some literature. It can be challenging for the absolute beginner. But for someone who is, at least, familiar with the spoken Chaldean, it is exciting to learn the structure of this ancient language and have a modern reference book to help keep it alive. Many thanks to those who produced this professional work.

Exactly what I needed! I only wish that it showed the arrow movement in writing the letters. Other than that, extremely helpful and informative for me!

This is a well written grammar to Chaldean or Kaldani, the literary and spoken dialect of a group of Semitic Christians in Iraq that is closely related to Aramaic, and in many ways represents a continuation of dialects like ancient Akkadian and Babali, the Aramic of ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia. In fact, in some ways the Chaldean that he teaches, seems extremely close in many ways to the Akkadians spoken by the early Babylonians almost 4000 years ago.The author takes pains to admit, passionately, sometimes a bit too shrill and stridently, that this is a *living* tongue or living people and hence not a linguistic fossil. I respect this, though at times his tone verges on the polemical.The matte finish of the book cover feels really, really, good to the touch. Strangely enough this adds to the enjoyment of perusing the book.Presenting much of the material in the native script forces a reader to actually learn to read it better. The script isn't difficult to learn if you have had exposure to either Arabic Script or 'Hebrew' (which is actually the square Aramaic Babali script).With a little bit of work, anyone with exposure to Arabic, Biblical, or another Semitic or Arabian dialect shouldn't find it too difficult to start productively learning from this Grammar. I wish there had been a larger working glossary or lexicon integrated into it, but Mar Sarhad Jammo has done something that almost no one has; which is to produce an solid modern introductory work that opens a way for curious and interested non-Chaldeans, or Chaldeans who have lost touch with their dialect, to learn its fundamentals.I hope he produces more similar works, and would really like to see some sort of basic dictionary of Chaldean, and more explanation of the differences and distinctive aspects of Chaldean that separates it from other so-called "neo-Aramaic" or "Syriac" dialects in the middle east.If you want to learn Chaldean then really this work and his other one are your only real viable option, other than direct tutorial with a native speaker, or a few university resources only open to graduate students at a small

It was received very quickly Learning this language would be a daunting task. It is a comprehensive study of the grammar, and it's obvious in order to comprehend much of it I need a companion dictionary and/or elementary lessons book. One wonders if such a thing exists. All in all I am enlightened now more than I was before I studied it.

I had the pleasure of being around both authors and I am glad that they made this book. I have learned so much and it is a must read for anyone that is willing to learn the language. Thanks for your hard work

This is an excellent grammar of the Chaldean Neo-Aramaic language. The student gains practice with the Eastern Syriac script, as it is used throughout, and, in addition to a thorough coverage of grammar, practice in reading stories in the language is offered also.

Almost entirely worthless book. Considering the fact that most Chaldean's can't read the Chaldean language, a book written in the Chaldean characters without translation to english or even phonetical english serves next to zero purpose.The book is written in chaldean characters. There's a nonsense guide to the characters in the beginning of the book but isn't even worth looking at. There is no way you can look at the book and understand much of anything about chaldean grammar without first having a pretty decent understanding of the written language. I don't know a single Chaldean that can read the language. If you already have a decent understanding of the written language you probably don't need this book. The book is stupid.