Aramaic - Wikipedia Aramaic (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ארמית, romanized: ˀərāmiṯ; Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܐܝܬ, romanized: arāmāˀiṯ[a]) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia [3] [4], where it has been continually written and
Aramaic language | Description, History, Facts | Britannica 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
What Is Aramaic? - Biblical Archaeology Society The Aramaic language constitutes the eastern branch of the Northwest Semitic language family Its closest relatives are the Canaanite dialects in the western branch of the family, such as Hebrew, Phoenician, and Moabite
11 Facts You Should Know About Aramaic - Chabad. org Aramaic is an ancient language with strong roots in Jewish life and history Quite a few Jewish prayers and texts, including parts of the Bible itself, were penned in this language, and it served as the primary Jewish vernacular for hundreds of years Read on for 11 facts about a language as Jewish as Yiddish, if not more so
Aramaic - Wikiwand Aramaic is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeaste
What is Aramaic? (with pictures) - Language Humanities Aramaic is an ancient, Biblical language It is one of the Semitic languages, which also includes Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic and the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian language of Akkadian Aramaic is very similar to Hebrew Scripts in Aramaic have been discovered that are nearly three thousand years old The Assyrians used the language first