Middle Aramaic
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Middle Aramaic is a historical stage of the Aramaic language, used roughly between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, that served as a key transitional phase between earlier Imperial Aramaic and the later Neo-Aramaic languages.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Biblical Aramaic | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
ⓘ
stage of the Aramaic language ⓘ |
| era |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Parthian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| follows | Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hatran Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Babylonian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Persian-period Aramaic ⓘ Middle Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyrene Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
increasing dialectal differentiation
ⓘ
morphological changes relative to Imperial Aramaic ⓘ phonological changes relative to Imperial Aramaic ⓘ transition from Imperial Aramaic orthography to regional scripts ⓘ |
| influenced |
Classical Syriac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ later Jewish Aramaic dialects ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Aramaic language ⓘ |
| precedes | Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Arabian frontier of the Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syro-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | transitional phase between Imperial Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic ⓘ |
| standardFormOf | various regional Aramaic dialects of the Middle period ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSpanApproximate | 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Christian communities
ⓘ
Jewish communities ⓘ Mandaean communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabataean communities ⓘ Palmyrene communities ⓘ Samaritan communities NERFINISHED ⓘ administrations in the Hellenistic Near East ⓘ administrations in the Parthian Empire ⓘ |
| usedIn |
inscriptions
ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ letters ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
1st century BCE
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1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Biblical Aramaic