"maalula: the lost language is alive" Top 5 Page for this destination Ma`lula Local Custom Tip by call_me_rhia

Maalula is really a strange place: I wrote before that people of different faiths go there on a pilgrimage, or that different religious denominations coexist under the same roof, peacefully. On top of this, the little village presents another peculiarity: the language! Although all people are taught arabci at school, the native language of the inhabitants, and the one they commonly use, is Aramean - supposedly the language spoken by Jesus. And it's quite a musical languahe to listen to.