WCA Requests Ministry of Tourism to add Aramaic as a Language for Certified Tour Guides in Türkiye
After the recent meeting with Türkiye's Minister of Culture and Tourism, the WCA followed up on one of its questions. The below letter is the formal request to introduce Aramaic as a language for certified tour guides. Because "there is a growing need for it...[it] will show the world Türkiye’s ongoing appreciation of its diverse national heritage. Also, it will attract many thousands of Arameans from Europe to Australia and from America to the Middle East to regularly visit their homeland and be guided in their mother tongue."
WCA Proclaims 'Aramean New Year' of 1 October as Aram Day, National Day of the Aramean People
Centuries-old Aramaic calendars and church books show that 1 October was celebrated as “the New Year of the Arameans.” On this day, our church fathers also decided to honor St. Aday (one of Jesus’ 72 disciples from Luke 10:1) for Christianizing the Arameans of Aram. As a means to preserve this ancient but meaningful tradition, and thus to help strengthen our collective identity, WCA has proclaimed the Aramean New Year of 1 October as Aram Day, as the National Day of the Aramean People. Read more about it below in these 9 languages:
WCA Christmas Card and Message 2021
Click here for WCA's Christmas Card and WCA's Christmas Message in seven (7) languages. As part of WCA's Christmas Week 2021, both were included in WCA's Christmas Gift that has been sent to WCA's Members and Sponsors of this year.
Call to Tur-Abdin Aramaic Language Teachers and Linguists
How do you translate new words such as NOMOPHOBIA in Tur-Abdin Aramaic? The Tur-Abdin Aramaic Language Committee (TALC) will focus on reassessing existing words and on introducing new ones in this centuries-old Aramaic dialect. It's high time to bring the right people together to reach a majority consensus about these questions so that Aramaic can be modernized and its speakers can continue to keep this beautiful dialect alive.
