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Neo-Aramaic ( Western Neo-Aramaic, Lebanese Aramaic †) Glottolog. west2815. Western Aramaic is a group of Aramaic dialects [4] [5] once spoken widely throughout the ancient Levant, predominantly in the south, and Sinai, including ancient Damascus, Nabatea, Judea, across the Palestine Region, Transjordan, Samaria as well as Lebanon in the north.
- Aramaic Languages
The more widely spoken Eastern Aramaic languages are largely...
- Western Neo-Aramaic
Western Neo-Aramaic (ܐܰܪܳܡܰܝ, arōmay), more commonly...
- Neo-Aramaic languages
The Neo-Aramaic or Modern Aramaic languages are varieties of...
- Aramaic Languages
Glottolog. gali1269. Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Jewish Western Aramaic was a Western Aramaic language spoken by the Jews during the Classic Era in Judea and the Levant, specifically in Hasmonean, Herodian and Roman Judaea and adjacent lands in the late first millennium BCE, and later in Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Secunda in the early ...
- 150 BCE – 1200 CE
- Aramaic alphabet
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Apr 10, 2024 · Aramaic language, Semitic language of the Northern Central, or Northwestern, group that was originally spoken by the ancient Middle Eastern people known as Aramaeans. It was most closely related to Hebrew, Syriac, and Phoenician and was written in a script derived from the Phoenician alphabet. Aramaic is thought to have first appeared among the ...
Palmyrene Aramaic was a primarily Western Aramaic dialect, exhibiting Eastern Aramaic grammatical features and hence often regarded as a dialect continuum between the Eastern and Western Aramaic branches. It was primarily documented in Palmyra itself, but also found in the western parts of the Roman Empire, extending as far as Britannia. Dated ...
