Syriac

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Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that became a major literary and liturgical language of early Eastern Christianity and the Syriac Church tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Aramaic language
classical language
dialect
literary language
liturgical language
developedFrom Old Aramaic
linked to: Aramaic
era Middle Aramaic period
linked to: Syriac
firstAttested 1st century CE
floruit 4th century CE
5th century CE
6th century CE
hasDialect Eastern Syriac
linked to: East Syriac script

Western Syriac
linked to: Syriac
importantAuthor Aphrahat
Ephrem the Syrian
Jacob of Serugh
Narsai
importantTextualTradition Peshitta
influenced Arabic literature
Armenian Christian literature
Christian Arabic
Georgian Christian literature
ISO639-2Code syc
ISO639-3Code syc
languageFamily Afroasiatic
Aramaic
Semitic
liturgicalLanguageOf Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
region Edessa
Northern Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Osroene
linked to: Edessa

Upper Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
religiousTradition Christianity
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Rite
scriptDirection right-to-left
standardForm Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
status classical liturgical language
no longer a vernacular in its classical form
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Aramaic language
Semitic language
usedFor biblical translation
hymnography
liturgical texts
patristic writings
theological literature
usedIn Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Church of the East
Eastern Christianity
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Rite

Syriac Orthodox Church
writingSystem Syriac alphabet
writingSystemUnicodeBlock Syriac (U+0700–U+074F)
writingSystemVariant East Syriac script
Estrangela script
West Syriac script

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Church Fathers language Syriac
Syriac era Middle Aramaic period
linked to: Syriac
Syriac standardForm Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Syriac hasDialect Western Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Assyrians liturgicalLanguage Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Syriac Rite usesLiturgicalLanguage Syriac language
linked to: Syriac
Semitic languages hasWritingSystem Syriac script
linked to: Syriac
Semitic languages usedIn Syriac Christian literature
linked to: Syriac
Aramaic hasDialects Syriac
Syriac Orthodox Church languageOfTheology Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Jacob of Serugh language Syriac
Narsai language Syriac
East Syriac script usedForLanguage Syriac language
linked to: Syriac
East Syriac script relatedTo Classical Syriac language
linked to: Syriac
Sūrāyē usedInDialect Syriac
Fenqitho language Syriac
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ancestorLanguage Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script writingSystemOf Syriac language
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script region Syriac-speaking world
linked to: Syriac
Estrangela script writingSystemScope classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Peshitta language Syriac
Desert Mothers language Syriac
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic historicalAncestor Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Hudra language Syriac
Eastern Christianity usesLiturgicalLanguage Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac
Manichaeism language Syriac