Eastern Aramaic

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branch of Aramaic language variety

Eastern Aramaic is a branch of the Aramaic language group comprising several modern and classical dialects historically spoken across Mesopotamia and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Aramaic canonical	8
Eastern Neo-Aramaic	4
Hatran Aramaic	2
Classical Eastern Aramaic	1
North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic	1
North‑Eastern Neo-Aramaic	1
North‑Eastern Neo‑Aramaic	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Aramaic ⓘ language variety ⓘ
contrastWith	Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Western Aramaic
feature	emphatic state noun forms ⓘ influence from Akkadian ⓘ influence from Arabic ⓘ influence from Kurdish ⓘ influence from Persian ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of Syriac-derived lexicon in Christian varieties ⓘ
hasDialectGroup	Eastern Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Classical Eastern Aramaic Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ surface form: Neo-Eastern Aramaic
hasPart	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Bohtan Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Palestinian Aramaic dialects ⓘ surface form: Christian Palestinian Neo-Aramaic Mandaic ⓘ surface form: Classical Mandaic Syriac ⓘ surface form: Classical Syriac Eastern Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic Hertevin ⓘ Hulaula ⓘ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ⓘ Koy Sanjaq Surat ⓘ Lishan Didan ⓘ Lishan Didan ⓘ surface form: Lishanid Noshan Mandaic ⓘ Senaya ⓘ Suret ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Turoyo ⓘ
historicalRegion	Adiabene ⓘ Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyria region Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Northern Mesopotamia Osroene ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Sasanian Empire ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageFamily	Aramaic ⓘ Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
spokenIn	Diaspora communities ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ surface form: Northern Iraq Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Turkey Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Western Iran ⓘ
status	endangered ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
timeDepth	ancient period ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ
usedAs	liturgical language ⓘ vernacular language ⓘ
usedBy	Syriacs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Christians Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Chaldean Catholics Iraqi Jews ⓘ Kurdish Jews ⓘ Mandaeism ⓘ surface form: Mandaeans Syriacs ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christians
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Hebrew alphabet ⓘ surface form: Hebrew script Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script Mandaic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Mandaic script Syriac alphabet ⓘ surface form: Syriac script

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Hatra → inscriptionLanguage → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hatran Aramaic

Sūrāyē → traditionalLanguage → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → subfamilyOf → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Mandaean religious texts → historicalLanguageFamily → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Mandaeism → sacredLanguage → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Eastern Aramaic → hasPart → Eastern Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Eastern Aramaic → hasDialectGroup → Eastern Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Eastern Aramaic

Neo-Aramaic languages → hasMajorBranch → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Mandaic alphabet → languageBranch → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Palmyrene Aramaic → closelyRelatedTo → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hatran Aramaic

Tyari dialect → languageBranch → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: North‑Eastern Neo‑Aramaic

Jilu dialect → classification → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic

Gawar dialect → languageBranch → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

Qochanis dialect → languageBranch → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: North‑Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Suret → languageSubgroup → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Sureth → subfamily → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic → subclassOf → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ