text: Classification and type The language was closely related to other Eastern Aramaic dialects such as Mandaic. Its original pronunciation is uncertain, and has to be reconstructed with the help of these kindred dialects and of the reading tradition of the Yemenite Jews, and where available those of the Iraqi, Syrian and Egyptian Jews. The value of the Yemenite reading tradition has been challenged by Matthew Morgenstern. (The vocalized Aramaic texts with which Jews are familiar, from the Bible and the prayer book, are of limited usefulness for this purpose, as they are in different dialects.)
  Talmudic Aramaic bears all the marks of being a specialist language of study and legal argumentation, like Law French, rather than a vernacular mother tongue, and continued in use for these purposes long after Judeo-Arabic had become the languages of daily life. It has developed a battery of technical logical terms, such as  (conclusive refutation) and  (undecidable moot point), which are still used in Jewish legal writings, including those in other languages, and have influenced modern Hebrew.
  Like the other Judeo-Aramaic languages, it was written in the Hebrew alphabet.
  Grammar
  Pronouns
  Independent nominative pronouns
  Copulative pronouns
  Genitive pronominal suffixes
  Demonstrative pronoun
  Accusative pronominal suffixes
  Six major verbal patterns
  There are six major verb stems or verbal patterns (binyanim) in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.  The form pe‘al (פְּעַל) “to do”, the form Aph'el (אַפְעֵל) “let do”, and the form Pa'el (פַּעֵל) “like to do”,  are all in the active voice. But the  form Itpe'el (אִתְפְּעֵל), the form Itaph'al (אִתַפְעַל) and the form Itpa'al (אִתְפַּעַל) are essentially reflexive and usually  function in a passive sense.