Aramaic language continuum

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Semitic language group language continuum

The Aramaic language continuum is a group of closely related Semitic varieties, ancient and modern, that evolved from Old Aramaic and span a wide geographic and historical range across the Near East.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Aramaic language continuum canonical	3

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Semitic language group ⓘ language continuum ⓘ
developedFrom	Old Aramaic ⓘ
follows	Proto-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Central Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Biblical Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaldean Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Mandaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Neo-Aramaic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Galilean Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatran Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Mandaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyrene Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Sureth NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Turoyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Aramaic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	broken plural patterns ⓘ emphatic consonant series ⓘ status constructus (construct state) ⓘ triconsonantal root morphology ⓘ
relatedTo	Arabic language continuum ⓘ Hebrew language continuum ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Semitic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium CE ⓘ 3rd millennium CE ⓘ
usedFor	administration in ancient empires ⓘ liturgical language in Judaism ⓘ liturgical language in Mandaeism ⓘ liturgical language in various Christian churches ⓘ religious literature ⓘ
usedIn	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Neo-Aramaic languages → partOf → Aramaic language continuum ⓘ

Imperial Aramaic → partOf → Aramaic language continuum ⓘ

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic → partOf → Aramaic language continuum ⓘ