Description of the Syrian Civil War by a Resident of Maaloula

The publication presents a fragment of story by Philip Šōʕra (Arabic: Aš-Šāʕir) in the Maʕ lūla dialect Modern Western Aramaic. Maaloula is Syrian city same name, located 55 km northeast Damascus. one three settlements which dialects modern Aramaic continue to be used as living language. focuses on capture radical Islamists during Civil War and killing several local residents. available corpus field records insufficient fully describe grammatical structure Morphological analysis texts first step towards solving this problem. And it doubly important, since some features morphology occupy an important place among other languages. recording took December 10, 2020, Maaloula, Syria. Informant – Sho’ra, 83, worked baker Lebanon returned become farmer. Glossing method: interlinear morpheme-by-morpheme glosses. In addition standard designations given Leipzig Rules, additional glosses have been (See List Additional Labels).