The Aramaic

Aramaic is a Semitic language with a history of over 3000 years. This language has become the language of imperial rule and the language for kegamaan ceremony. Aramaic is the native language of most of the Book of Daniel and Ezra in the Bible, and is the main language of the Talmud. Language is also the mother tongue of Jesus Christ. Modern Aramaic is spoken today as the first language of many dispersed communities, particularly by the Assyrians and Chaldean. Language is considered an endangered language.

Aramaic language families belong to the Afro-Asia, which consists of a variety of languages. This language is part of the Semitic subfamily. Aramaic is a part of the group Northwest Semitic languages, which also includes the Canaanite languages. Aramaic is also related to Arabic, being part of the Central Semitic languages; a likely source for the Arabic script is Nabataea Aramaic.

During the 12th century BC, the Aramaic, the native speakers of Aramaic, began to settle in large numbers in Syria, Iraq and eastern Turkey. In Aramaic become more important, Aramaic is spoken in the region began to coast in the Mediterranean Levant, and spread to the east of the Tigris. Jewish settlers took the language to North Africa and Europe, and Christian missionaries brought Syria to Persia, India and even China. Since the 7th century, Aramaic was replaced by Arabic as the lingua franca of the Middle East. Although replaced, Aramaic remains a literary language and religion of the Jews, Mandaeans and some Christians. The language is still spoken by small isolated communities throughout the region early influence. Changes in two of the last century shows the first speakers of the language and literary Aramaic dispersed throughout the world.
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