Alternate Names: Loghtha Siryanoytha, Maalula, Neo-Western Aramaic, Siryon
Dialects: Bakh’a (Bax’a), Jub-’adin (Jubb ’Adi:n), Ma’lula (Maaloula, Maalula, Ma’lu:la). Little dialect variation.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 15,000 (1996). 8,000 in Maaloula.
Language Use: Home, and as literary and religious language. Also use North Levantine Spoken Arabic [apc].
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Syria
Other Comments: Christian.