Eastern Aramaic

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Eastern Aramaic is a branch of the Aramaic language group comprising several modern and classical dialects historically spoken across Mesopotamia and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Aramaic
language variety
contrastWith Western Aramaic
feature emphatic state noun forms
influence from Akkadian
influence from Arabic
influence from Kurdish
influence from Persian
rich verbal morphology
use of Syriac-derived lexicon in Christian varieties
hasDialectGroup Classical Eastern Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic

Neo-Eastern Aramaic
hasPart Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Christian Palestinian Neo-Aramaic
Classical Mandaic
linked to: Mandaic

Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic

Hertevin
Hulaula
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Koy Sanjaq Surat
Lishan Didan
Lishanid Noshan
linked to: Lishan Didan

Mandaic
Senaya
Suret
Syriac
Turoyo
historicalRegion Adiabene
Assyria region
linked to: Assyria

Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia
Northern Mesopotamia
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Osroene
Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Sasanian Empire
Upper Mesopotamia
languageFamily Aramaic
Northwest Semitic languages
linked to: Northwest Semitic
spokenIn Diaspora communities
Iran
Iraq
Northern Iraq
linked to: northern Iraq

Southeastern Turkey
Syria
Turkey
Western Iran
status endangered
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages
Aramaic
Semitic languages
timeDepth ancient period
late antiquity
medieval period
modern period
usedAs liturgical language
vernacular language
usedBy Assyrian Christians
linked to: Syriacs

Chaldean Catholics
Iraqi Jews
Kurdish Jews
Mandaeans
linked to: Mandaeism

Syriac Christians
linked to: Syriacs
writingSystem Arabic script
Hebrew script
linked to: Hebrew alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Mandaic script
linked to: Mandaic alphabet

Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Semitic hasMember Eastern Aramaic
Hatra inscriptionLanguage Hatran Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Sūrāyē traditionalLanguage Eastern Aramaic
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic subfamilyOf Eastern Aramaic
Mandaeism sacredLanguage Eastern Aramaic
Eastern Aramaic hasPart Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Eastern Aramaic hasDialectGroup Classical Eastern Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Neo-Aramaic languages hasMajorBranch Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Mandaic alphabet languageBranch Eastern Aramaic
Palmyrene Aramaic closelyRelatedTo Hatran Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Tyari dialect languageBranch North‑Eastern Neo‑Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Jilu dialect classification North Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Gawar dialect languageBranch Eastern Aramaic
Qochanis dialect languageBranch North‑Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Suret languageSubgroup Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Sureth subfamily Eastern Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Eastern Aramaic
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic subclassOf Eastern Aramaic