Imperial Aramaic

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Aramaic language language variety lingua franca

Imperial Aramaic is a standardized form of the Aramaic language that served as a major administrative and diplomatic lingua franca across the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Persian empires.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Aramaic canonical	11
Imperial Aramaic script	8
Imperial Official Aramaic	1
Imperial_Aramaic	1
Official Aramaic	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aramaic language ⓘ language variety ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Imperial Official Aramaic Imperial Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Official Aramaic
influenced	Arabic script development ⓘ Middle Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Biblical Aramaic Hebrew script development ⓘ Jewish Aramaic ⓘ Mandaic ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ Pahlavi scripts ⓘ Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	arc ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	arc ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages Semitic languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature	reduced dialectal variation ⓘ relatively standardized orthography ⓘ use of matres lectionis for vowels ⓘ
notableCorpus	Achaemenid administrative texts ⓘ Elephantine papyri ⓘ
partOf	Aramaic language continuum ⓘ
predecessor	Old Aramaic ⓘ
scriptAncestorOf	Arabic alphabet ⓘ Hebrew alphabet ⓘ Nabataean alphabet ⓘ Pahlavi script ⓘ Syriac alphabet ⓘ
standardizedBy	Achaemenid administration ⓘ
subclassOf	Central Semitic language ⓘ Northwest Semitic language ⓘ Semitic language ⓘ
successor	Middle Aramaic ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ 8th century BCE ⓘ
typicalMedium	clay tablets ⓘ papyrus ⓘ parchment ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
usedAs	administrative language ⓘ chancery language ⓘ diplomatic language ⓘ
usedBy	Achaemenid royal administration ⓘ imperial scribes ⓘ
usedFor	administrative correspondence ⓘ economic records ⓘ legal documents ⓘ royal decrees ⓘ
usedIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Anatolia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Neo-Assyrian ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ Persia ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem	Imperial Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Aramaic script abjad ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Aramaic alphabet (historically) → usedForLanguage → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ

subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Aramaic alphabet (historically) → standardizedAs → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ

subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet