2006-06-19 20:03:18 · 18 answers · asked by ImagoDei 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
aramayic
2006-06-19 20:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, in those days there were 4 main languages, Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin, Greek and I think Arabic aswell ( that would be 5 then).
So they were propably able to speak a few of those fluently. The most common 1 was Aramaic, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani' is Aramaic if I'm not mistaken.
Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and Latin are still spoken today, however Aramaic is only spoken by scholars and it is similar to Arabic and Hebrew. Not that much similiar.
2006-06-20 03:15:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm fairly sure when the language that Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic most often, and probably Hebrew and Latin as well. I think both Aramaic and Hebrew are still spoken in Israel... I think Hebrew is the more common of the two.
2006-06-20 03:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by light4j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus and his disiples were apparently to some degree TRI-lingual, speaking (Galileean) Aramaic, Hebrew and some Greek.
For their everyday language the simple answer is "Aramaic"
BUT since there were many dialects of Aramaic across a wide region over many centuries, that's hardly precise.
More specifically, the best evidence is that Jesus and most of his disciples spoke "Galileean Aramaic," one of about seven dialects in the Syro-Palestinian region at that time (all of whose speakers could understand each other).
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Related -- the Aramaic in *The Passion of the Christ* and MODERN Aramaic
The Aramaic used in this film was a translation based on "Palestinian Aramaic" texts as close as we can find to Jesus' own dialect. The pronunciation the actors were taught was based on that of people in the region who still speak a descendant of these Western Aramaic dialects (different, for sure, but this way they sound like a real language... and we don't have anyone who can provide us 'the original accent'!)
This connects to the other part of your question -- strictly speaking, the sort of Aramaic spoken in Jesus' day is no longer spoken. The handful of modern "Neo-Aramaic" dialects have changed significantly, as does ANY language in the course of 2,000 years!
2006-06-23 20:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aramaic.
It is an ancient Semitic language derived from Aram, the fifth son of Shem [the origin of the 'Semites' or the Jewish people], the firstborn of Noah.
Old Aramaic became the common language of all Semitic clans that, by the 8th century BC, it was the major language from Egypt to Asia Minor to Pakistan. It was used by the great Semitic Empires in Assyria and Babylon and the Western provinces of Persia [Iran today]. This was superseded by its sister language, Arabic, around the 14th century AD after the Arab conquest of 7th century AD in Mesopotamia [Iraq], Iran, Syria, Turkey and Lebanon.
In spite of the pressures of ruling Arabs to speak Arabic in the Near East, Late Aramaic is still spoken today in its many dialects, especially among the Chaldeans and Assyrians...
Peace be with you!
2006-06-20 03:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They spoke Aramaic. It is found in parts of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Georgia, Lebanon, Russia, Syria and Turkey.
"Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine worship. It is the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud. Aramaic is believed to have been one of the languages spoken by Jesus, and it is still spoken today as a first language by numerous small communities.
Aramaic belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family. Within that diverse family, it belongs to the Semitic subfamily. Aramaic is a part of the Northwest Semitic group of languages, which also includes the Canaanite languages (such as Hebrew)."
2006-06-20 03:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by lalskii 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From What I Have Heard on the History Channel, I would support your answer from foashah. He spoke Aramaic and something similar is found in Syria.
2006-06-20 03:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They spoke Hebrew, and it's spoken in Israel. The modern Hebrew is very close to the ancient language spoken by Jesus and his followers.
2006-06-20 03:06:36 · answer #8 · answered by brand_new_monkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were speaking Aramayic,and it is still spoken today.. I went to Syria last summer and there were some villages still speaking it untill now although they dont know how to write it!
2006-06-20 03:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by foashah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becka is right. When Jesus casually talked with his friends, he was probably using Aramaic.
2006-06-20 03:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They spoke Hebrew.
2006-06-20 03:08:56 · answer #11 · answered by sisosira 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋