Galilean Aramaic
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Galilean Aramaic is a Western Aramaic dialect historically spoken in the Galilee region during the late Second Temple and early rabbinic periods, known from Jewish religious and literary texts.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aramaic dialect
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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic dialect ⓘ Western Aramaic variety ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Galilean rabbis
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early Palestinian sages ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Jerusalem Talmud
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Midrashic literature NERFINISHED ⓘ amulets ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ synagogue inscriptions ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Babylonian Jewish Aramaic
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Judean Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
characteristic phonological shifts
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distinctive vowel system ⓘ lexical items shared with other Western Aramaic dialects ⓘ specific morphological patterns ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Biblical Aramaic
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Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afro-Asiatic languages
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Aramaic languages ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Galilee
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Northern Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Galilee
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Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
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Western Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Roman period
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early Byzantine period ⓘ late Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jewish communities in Galilee ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legal discourse
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rabbinic discussions ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usePeriod |
1st century CE
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2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ early rabbinic period ⓘ late Second Temple period ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Aramaic alphabet
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Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
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