Aramaic

E19371

Semitic language language

Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language historically spoken in the Near East, notable as a lingua franca of empires and as the everyday language of parts of the biblical and early Christian world.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Biblical Aramaic	10
Aramaic language	5
Imperial Aramaic	4
Old Aramaic	3
Aramaic languages	2
Middle Aramaic	2
Eastern Aramaic	1
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic	1
Palmyrene Aramaic	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Semitic language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hebrew ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
hasDialects	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Biblical Aramaic Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Aramaic Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Mandaic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Turoyo ⓘ Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Mandaeism ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Aramaic alphabet Hebrew alphabet ⓘ Mandaic ⓘ surface form: Mandaic alphabet East Syriac script ⓘ surface form: Syriac alphabet
historicalRegion	Anatolia ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
influenced	Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian various Near Eastern scripts ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	arc ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	arc ⓘ
partOf	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic language family
stillSpokenIn	diaspora communities ⓘ some communities in Iraq ⓘ some communities in Syria ⓘ some communities in Turkey ⓘ
subclassOf	Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
timePeriod	early first millennium CE ⓘ first millennium BCE ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Mandaean religious communities ⓘ Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ early Christian communities ⓘ various Jewish communities ⓘ
usedIn	Book of Daniel ⓘ Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Ezra Christian liturgy ⓘ Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ Jeremiah 10:11 ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Targums ⓘ parts of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

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

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Aramaic

Hebrew → closelyRelatedTo → Aramaic ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Latin → containsLoanwordsFrom → Aramaic ⓘ

Syriac → developedFrom → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Aramaic

Aramaic → hasDialects → Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Aramaic

Aramaic → hasDialects → Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Aramaic → hasDialects → Aramaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

Syriac Rite → hasHistoricalLanguageFamily → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaic languages

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → hasInfluenceFrom → Aramaic ⓘ

Herodian dynasty → hasLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaic language

Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

Tobit → hasLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

Golgotha → hasLanguageOfPrimarySources → Aramaic ⓘ

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaic languages

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Aramaic

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrene Aramaic

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Aramaic

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Jerusalem Bible → hasOldTestamentSourceLanguages → Aramaic ⓘ

Thomas → hasOriginLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

Septuagint → hasOriginalLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → historicalAncestor → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Aramaic

Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Aramaic

Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aramaic

Akkadian → influenced → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaic language

Edomite → influencedBy → Aramaic ⓘ

Judeo-Iranian languages → influencedBy → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaic language

Judeo-Italian → influencedBy → Aramaic ⓘ

Ezra–Nehemiah → language → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Nehardea → language → Aramaic ⓘ

Prophetic Books → language → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Prophets → language → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Writings → language → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Tarsus → languageHistoricallySpoken → Aramaic ⓘ

James the brother of Jesus → languageLikelySpoken → Aramaic ⓘ

Gematria → languageOfApplication → Aramaic ⓘ

Historical Books (Christian canon) → languageOfComposition → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Magdala → languageOfHistoricalInhabitants → Aramaic ⓘ

Barnabas → languageOfName → Aramaic ⓘ

Ancient of Days → languageOfOrigin → Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Halakha → languageOfPrimarySources → Aramaic ⓘ

Beit midrash → languageOfStudy → Aramaic ⓘ

Rabbi Moshe Isserles → languageOfWorkOrName → Aramaic ⓘ

subject surface form: Moshe Isserles

Apostle Paul → languageSpoken → Aramaic ⓘ

Nabopolassar → languageSpoken → Aramaic ⓘ

Herodian period → languageUsed → Aramaic ⓘ