Aramaic

E19371

Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language historically spoken in the Near East, notable as a lingua franca of empires and as the everyday language of parts of the biblical and early Christian world.

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Generate an image of Aramaic (Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language historically spoken in the Near East, notable as a lingua franca of empires and as the everyday language of parts of the biblical and early Christian world.)

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hebrew ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
hasDialects Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Mandaic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
Turoyo ⓘ
Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Mandaeism ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Mandaic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic

Syriac alphabet ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac script
historicalRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
influenced Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Middle Persian ⓘ
linked to: Old Persian

various Near Eastern scripts ⓘ
ISO639-2Code arc ⓘ
ISO639-3Code arc ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
stillSpokenIn diaspora communities ⓘ
some communities in Iraq ⓘ
some communities in Syria ⓘ
some communities in Turkey ⓘ
subclassOf Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
timePeriod early first millennium CE ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Mandaean religious communities ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
early Christian communities ⓘ
various Jewish communities ⓘ
usedIn Book of Daniel ⓘ
Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

Christian liturgy ⓘ
Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
Jeremiah 10:11 ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Mandaean religious texts ⓘ
Targums ⓘ
parts of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ

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Referenced by (155)

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

Prophetic Books → language → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Septuagint → hasOriginalLanguage → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Prophets → language → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Writings → language → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Hebrew → closelyRelatedTo → Aramaic ⓘ
Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Eastern Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Judeo-Italian → influencedBy → Aramaic ⓘ
Judeo-Tat → lexicalInfluence → Aramaic ⓘ
Syriac → developedFrom → Old Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Apostle Paul → languageSpoken → Aramaic ⓘ
Syriac Rite → hasHistoricalLanguageFamily → Aramaic languages ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Herodian period → languageUsed → Aramaic ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah → language → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Achaemenid Empire → usedLanguage → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Aramaic → hasDialects → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Aramaic → hasDialects → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Aramaic → hasDialects → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Dead Sea Scrolls → language → Aramaic ⓘ
Tobit → hasLanguage → Aramaic ⓘ
Barnabas → languageOfName → Aramaic ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Aramaic languages ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Old Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Edomite → influencedBy → Aramaic ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet → usedForLanguage → Aramaic language ⓘ
subject linked to: Aramaic alphabet (historically)
linked to: Aramaic
Akkadian → influenced → Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Akkadian → replacedBy → Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Middle Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → ancestorLanguage → Old Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Ancient of Days → languageOfOrigin → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → historicalAncestor → Middle Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Moshe Isserles → languageOfWorkOrName → Aramaic ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Judeo-Iranian languages → influencedBy → Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
Nehardea → language → Aramaic ⓘ