Syriac language
The Syriac language (Classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language.[2] It was spoken long ago in the Fertile Crescent.[2] In the West Syriac tradition, it is known as Leššōnō kṯoḇonōyō,[3] while in the East Syriac tradition, it is known as Leššānā ʔatīqā or Leššānā saprāyā.[4]
| Syriac | ||||
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| ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Leššānā Suryāyā | ||||
 Leššānā Suryāyā in written Syriac (Esṭrangelā script) | ||||
| Pronunciation | lɛʃʃɑːnɑː surjɑːjɑː | |||
| Region | Upper Mesopotamia, Eastern Arabia | |||
| Era | 1st century AD until ~ 14th century; Developed into Northeastern Neo-Aramaic and Central Neo-Aramaic languages after the 12th century.[1] | |||
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Early forms: | Old Syriac
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| Writing system | Syriac abjad | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | syc | |||
| ISO 639-3 | syc Classical Syriac | |||
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This article contains Syriac text, written from right to left in a cursive style with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined Syriac letters or other symbols instead of Syriac alphabet. |
Syriac Language Media
The Lord's Prayer in Syriac language
Syriac "Codex Ambrosianus" (F. 128) from the 11th century (CORRECTION: here the text is in Greek cursive)
A bilingual Syriac and Neo-Persian psalter, in Syriac script, from the 12th–13th century
Once a major language in the Fertile Crescent and Eastern Arabia, Syriac is now limited to the towns and villages in the Nineveh Plains, Tur Abdin, the Khabur plains, in and around the cities of Mosul, Erbil and Kirkuk.
Īšoˁ, the Syriac pronunciation of the Hebrew and Aramaic name of Jesus, Ishoʿ
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References
- ↑ Angold 2006, pp. 391
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- Polonsky, HJ (1961). "Studies in modern Syriac" (PDF). Journal of Semitic Studies. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- Thompson, Damian; Nazir-Ali, Michael (January 31, 2025). "Are Syrian Christians who speak the language of Jesus about to disappear after 2,000 years?". The Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/are-syrian-christians-who-speak-the-language-of-jesus-about-to-disappear-after-2000-years. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- "Syria's Islamist Government Claims Assyrian is an Arabic Language". Assyrian International News Agency (AINA). April 9, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ↑ SyriacPress (2022-02-27). "About the origin of the Lebanese language (I)". Syriac Press. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ↑ Talay, Shabo (2009). "Die neuaramäischen Dialekte der Khabur-Assyrer in Nordostsyrien: Einführung, Phonologie und Morphologie Neuaramäische Texte in den Dialekten der Khabur-Assyrer in Nordostsyrien". Aramaic Studies. 7 (2): 208–212. doi:10.1163/147783509x12627760049994. ISSN 1477-8351.
