Syriac Alphabet for Children

Description

A guide to children, parents and student of Syriac, with twenty-two illustrations. Each pair of facing pages introduces a single letter of the alphabet with a word that begins with the letter in question on one side, and an illustration of that word on the other side. The letters are hollow and can be filled and colored by children. Notes on each page give the name of the letter on that page, how the letter sounds, a phonological transcription of the sample word, and the meaning of the word. Paperback Version. oo as in moon. Two dots above a word indicate plural oo as in moon e (short) as in debt ay (long) as in day ee as in see a as in pat o as in bone tur-to/ cow shem-sho/ sun ree-sho/ head qan-yo/ pen ş-lee-bo/ Cross phee-lo/ elephant `ay-no/ eye sah-ro/ moon noo-no/ fish ma-yo/ water lé-bo/ heart kal-bo/ dog ya-mo/ sea ţoo-ro/ mountain ḥal-bo/ milk zoo-zé/ money war-do/ rose ha-bo-bo/ flower dé-bo/ bear gam-lo/ camel bay-to/ house a-bo/ father Preface Dedication