Ar·a·ma·ic
/ˌerəˈmāik/
noun
a Semitic language, a Syrian dialect of which was used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the 6th century BC. It gradually replaced Hebrew as the language of the Jewish people in those areas and was itself supplanted by Arabic in the 7th century AD.
adjective
of or in the Aramaic language.
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Aramaic
Spoken language
Aramaic 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 continually written and... Wikipedia
Spoken by: Jewish people, Semitic people, Palestinians, and more
Language family: Semitic languages
Dialects: Eastern Aramaic; Western Aramaic; Armazic †
Early forms: Proto-Afroasiatic: Proto-Semitic > Old Aramaic > Imperial Aramaic > Middle Aramaic
Region: Fertile Crescent (Levant, Mesopotamia, and Southeastern Anatolia), eastern Arabia, Sinai
Aramaic is one of the Semitic languages, an important group of languages known almost from the beginning of human history and including also Arabic, Hebrew, ...