Syriac language - Wikipedia
The Syriac language (/ ˈ s ɪr i æ k / SIH-ree-ak; Classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Suryāyā), [a] also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is …
Syriac Christianity - Wikipedia
Syriac Christianity (Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ, Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expressed in the Classical Syriac language, a variation of the old Aramaic language.
Aramaic - Wikipedia
Ārāmāyā in Syriac Esṭrangelā script Syriac-Aramaic alphabet. 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, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia [3] [4] and the ...
Syriac language and alphabet - Omniglot
Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā), an eastern dialect of Aramaic spoken by Christians in the lands in between the Roman and Parthian empires between the 1st and 12th centuries. Syriac is still used used nowadays as ritual and literary language by speakers of Neo-Aramaic in Syria.
Syriac language | Aramaic, Assyrian, & Literature | Britannica
Syriac language, Semitic language belonging to the Northern Central, or Northwestern, group that was an important Christian literary and liturgical language from the 3rd through the 7th century. Syriac was based on the East Aramaic dialect of Edessa, …
Syriac language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language. It was spoken long ago in the Fertile Crescent . Most of the Aramaic writing that survives from the second to the eighth century AD is Syriac.
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Alongside the numerous Neo-Aramaic dialects (see Aramaic, Sureth, Ṭuroyo), classical Syriac still functions today as a liturgical and literary language for Syr. Christians both in the Middle East and the worldwide diaspora (see Kthobonoyo Syriac).
The Place of Syriac among the Aramaic Dialects - SyriacPress
Mar 28, 2020 · Eastern Aramaic comprises Mandean, Babylonian Jewish Aramaic dialects, and Syriac (what emerged as the classical literary dialect of Syriac differs in some small details from the Syriac of the earlier pagan inscriptions from the Edessa area).
The Syriac Language - SyriacPress
Mar 20, 2021 · Syriac is by far the best documented Aramaic dialect. Based on the designation urhāyā ‘ (the language) of Edessa’, it is likely that Syriac originated in or around Edessa. As the primary language of Syriac Christianity, it spread over much of Mesopotamia and Syria reaching as far as Ethiopia, India, and Central Asia.
What is Syriac and what is Aramaic according to Syriac …
Mar 7, 2020 · This article deals with how this linguistic alterity was perceived by Syriac authors and more particularly by Syriac grammarians, and with how the categories of Aramaic, Syriac and Chaldaic were used through the centuries to describe the linguistic and cultural puzzle of medieval Syro-Mesopotamia.