Aramaic language - Writing system - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language
Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Writing System
The earliest Aramaic alphabet was based on the Phoenician script. In time, Aramaic developed its distinctive 'square' style. The ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Old Aramaic
Old Aramaic covers over thirteen centuries of the language. This vast time span is chosen as it includes all Aramaic that is now effectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Grammar
As with other Semitic languages, Aramaic morphology (the way words are put together) is based on the triliteral root. The root consists o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Modern Aramaic
Over four hundred thousand people speak Aramaic to this day. They are Jews, Christians, Muslims and Mandaeans, living in remote areas and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Sounds
Each dialect of Aramaic has its own distinctive pronunciation, and it would not be possible here to go into all these properties. Aramaic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Middle Aramaic
The third century CE is taken as the threshold between Old and Middle Aramaic. During that century, the nature of the various Aramaic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - History
Here follows a comprehensive history of Aramaic. The history is broken down into three broad periods: Old Aramaic (1100 BCE–200 CE), i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Aramaic Language - Geographic Distribution
During the twelfth century BCE, Aramaeans, the native speakers of Aramaic, began to settle in great numbers in modern-day Syria, Iraq and...   » Read the article