Aramaic

Definitions

1. A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:
2. The language of the Arameans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
3. An Aramean.
4. Archaic spelling of Aramaic
   alt-of, archaic
5. The language of the administration in the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
6. The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
7. The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
8. The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
9. The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
10. The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
11. Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac

Equivalents

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