Re: Passion of the Christ, languages

From: Yusuf B Gursey (ybg_at_TheWorld.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:41:50 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.lang Marc Adler <marc.adler@gmail.com> wrote in <AfH1d.1853$OB2.1622@twister.socal.rr.com>:
: Yusuf B Gursey wrote:

:> I am told the aramaic was based on syriac, not Jewish Palestinian Aramaic.
:> and the latin was quite italian accented.

: I thought I heard a distinctly Slavic edge to the Latin, especially the

perhaps fo rone actor / character, but the general rendition of Latin
sounded very much in the lines of Italian church latin.

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