Central Aramaic
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Central Aramaic is a branch of the Aramaic language family comprising dialects spoken in the central regions of the ancient Near East, including varieties used in Syria and surrounding areas.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of the Aramaic language
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language subgroup ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
morphological developments characteristic of middle Aramaic period
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phonological features intermediate between Western and Eastern Aramaic ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
NERFINISHED
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Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Aramaic varieties related to Syriac ⓘ Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Middle Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLanguage |
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1st millennium CE
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Late Antiquity ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced | later Neo-Aramaic dialects of the region ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringBranch |
Eastern Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aramaic language family ⓘ |
| region | central Aramaic-speaking area of the Near East ⓘ |
| spokenInHistoricalRegion |
Syria
NERFINISHED
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Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ northern Levant ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
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Aramaic ⓘ Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Christian communities of Syria
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Jewish communities of Palestine and Syria ⓘ Samaritan community of Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian liturgy
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Jewish religious texts ⓘ Samaritan religious texts ⓘ administration and everyday communication in parts of Syria ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Aramaic alphabet
NERFINISHED
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Palestinian Aramaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan script NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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