Coming soon
Aramaic
A long-lived Northwest Semitic continuum; Mandaic is included as a separate track.
The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.
At a glance
Evidence and writing
- Evidence / period
- First millennium BCE onward
- Region
- Syria, Mesopotamia and wider Near East
- Writing system
- Aramaic-derived alphabets
- Site status
- Coming soon
Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.