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<blockquote data-quote="FrancisK" data-source="post: 1501614" data-attributes="member: 20006">The issue is not necessarily that they are disconnected from the community and the church, in fact I would say our community even the young ones are more connected than most.&nbsp; The issue is that it’s pretty much a useless language, nobody speaks it except for a small group of people whose native tongue is evolving into English.&nbsp; It’s just a degradation from one generation to the next as it doesn’t have practical purpose anymore, similar to Latin.&nbsp; Greek and Ukrainian are still the native tongue in their respective countries, Aramaic is not native anywhere anymore other than very small pockets where it’s actually the second language because the country has a more dominant language.There are some Chaldeans who are off the boat but still don't know Chaldean, they spoke arabic because they lived in the cities instead of the villages.&nbsp; My parents know both, I'm first generation I speak Chaldean I would say conversationally well but not entirely fluently and I don't think I know any second generation that speak it anywhere close to that, maybe some that know the prayers or common curse words and phrases.&nbsp; Third generation......forget it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrancisK, post: 1501614, member: 20006"] The issue is not necessarily that they are disconnected from the community and the church, in fact I would say our community even the young ones are more connected than most. The issue is that it’s pretty much a useless language, nobody speaks it except for a small group of people whose native tongue is evolving into English. It’s just a degradation from one generation to the next as it doesn’t have practical purpose anymore, similar to Latin. Greek and Ukrainian are still the native tongue in their respective countries, Aramaic is not native anywhere anymore other than very small pockets where it’s actually the second language because the country has a more dominant language. There are some Chaldeans who are off the boat but still don't know Chaldean, they spoke arabic because they lived in the cities instead of the villages. My parents know both, I'm first generation I speak Chaldean I would say conversationally well but not entirely fluently and I don't think I know any second generation that speak it anywhere close to that, maybe some that know the prayers or common curse words and phrases. Third generation......forget it. [/QUOTE]

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