Old Aramaic
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Old Aramaic is an early stage of the Aramaic language used in the first millennium BCE across parts of the ancient Near East, known from inscriptions and documents of various Aramaean kingdoms and empires.
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aramaic language variety
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Northwest Semitic language variety ⓘ stage of language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
administrative documents
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dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| chronologicalStageOf | Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Proto-Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earlier Northwest Semitic dialects ⓘ |
| earliestAttestations | 10th century BCE inscriptions ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Imperial Aramaic
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ⓘ
Official Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
case endings largely reduced compared to Classical Semitic
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consonantal writing without vowel letters ⓘ definite state marked by suffix ⓘ use of matres lectionis in later phases ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hebrew script development
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Imperial Aramaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ later Aramaic dialects ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | oar ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableInscription |
Bar-Rakib inscriptions
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Sefire treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ Tel Dan Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakkur Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aramaic language history ⓘ |
| region |
Levant
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ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Aramaic script
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ⓘ
Northwest Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct language stage ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ |
| typology | fusional language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aramaean city-states
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aramaean kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire administration (in some contexts) ⓘ Syro-Hittite states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCentury |
10th century BCE
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6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ 8th century BCE ⓘ 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Old Aramaic alphabet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
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