A big part of my life has been working to preserve Chaldean, a dialect of Neo-Aramaic. This has taken the form of teaching, writing instructional materials, and now, finally, recording online lectures. Here’s what’s available so far:

Introductory Chaldean book, available here.

Introductory Chaldean lectures by the wonderful Fr. Daniel Shaba, available here.

Chaldean Grammar book, available here.

Chaldean Grammar lectures by the terrible me, available here.

NEW:

Syriac / Scholastic Aramaic lectures by the terrible me, available here.

Learn Chaldean Grade 1, for children or anyone learning the alphabet, available here.

Learn Chaldean Grade 2, available here.

Learn Chaldean, Grade 3, available here.

Learn Chaldean, Grade 4, available here.

ALSO NEW:
New Testament in Chaldean, here.

Audiobook of Chaldean New Testament (good to learn pronunciation), here.

That’s it for now.

While you’re here, please say a prayer that Learn Chaldean Grades 5-8 get finished efficiently.

Here are a couple charts that might be helpful: