Western Middle Aramaic

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Aramaic language variety historical language stage

Western Middle Aramaic is a historical stage of the Aramaic language spoken in the Levant that served as a transitional form between earlier Western Aramaic dialects and the modern Western Neo-Aramaic varieties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Aramaic	3

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aramaic language variety ⓘ historical language stage ⓘ
era	Middle Aramaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Western Neo-Aramaic varieties ⓘ
follows	Old Western Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ earlier Western Aramaic dialects ⓘ
hasAncestor	Old Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Western Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDescendant	Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Western Neo-Aramaic dialects ⓘ
hasFeature	consonantal root morphology ⓘ emphatic consonants ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ prefix and suffix conjugations ⓘ state system for nouns (absolute, construct, emphatic) ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Aramaic ⓘ Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic ⓘ
partOf	Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Aramaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	transitional form between earlier Western Aramaic and Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
spokenIn	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
typology	fusional language ⓘ
usedFor	vernacular speech in the Levant ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Western Neo-Aramaic → ancestor → Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ

Eastern Aramaic → contrastWith → Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Aramaic

Palestinian Aramaic dialects → partOf → Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Aramaic

Palmyrene Aramaic → subclassOf → Western Middle Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Aramaic