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Monday, January 28, 2013

Footnote 3: Language

Saw today online that the language Jesus of Nazareth spoke, Aramaic, is nearing extinction, as detailed here in this History.com article. As much as I am likely beyond learning other languages- at least fluently- I still hold a healthy respect and a certain sense of wonder of how diverse our languages are. I'm afraid the homogenization of the globe will wipe out many distinctive aspects of our various cultures, and likely with ill effect.

For example, I recently read a Popular Science article about how other cultures have words for emotions that do not have English equivalents. You lose the language, you lose words others have created to describe something we literally have no words for.

I wonder what Aramaic words cannot be translated to English directly.

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