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2 days ago · Aramaic (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ארמית, romanized: ˀərāmiṯ; Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܐܝܬ, romanized: arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been ...
6 days ago · The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and numerous other ancient and modern languages.
3 days ago · May 26, 2024. The Phoenician alphabet, one of the most influential writing systems in human history, emerged around 1050 BC in the ancient Semitic-speaking cultures of the Levant. Evolving out of earlier Proto-Sinaitic and Proto-Canaanite scripts, it was the world‘s first widely-used phonetic alphabet, representing a major leap forward in the ...
5 days ago · According to this definition, a Semite is anyone who comes or came from the Middle East or Africa and speaks Hebrew, Arabic, or Aramaic. This definition is better but also wrong. Semites do not include people of any ethnicity—it is a term referring to a group of languages and dialects spoken by a group of people in a given geographical location.
4 days ago · The Northwest Semitic languages formed a dialect continuum in the Iron Age (1200–540 BCE), with Phoenician and Aramaic on each extreme. Hebrew is classed with Phoenician in the Canaanite subgroup, which also includes Ammonite, Edomite, and Moabite.
May 21, 2024 · The Aramaic scripts of North Arabia. Aramaic was probably introduced into North Arabia as an official written language by the last king of Babylon, Nabonidus. In 553 BC, he conquered Taymāʾ, Dadan (modern al-ʿUlā), Yathrib (modern Medina) and three other oases on the frankincense route and stayed at Taymāʾ for 10 years.
May 18, 2024 · Until today, the Assyrians speak a distinct language (called Aramaic ), the actual language spoken by Jesus Christ. As a Semitic language, the Aramaic language is related to Hebrew and Arabic but predates both. In addition, whereas most Arabs are Muslim, Assyrians are essentially Christian.
