Aramaic

Semitic language
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Aramaic

Summary

Aramaic is a genetic unit[1]. Aramaic draws 9,303 Wikipedia views per month (genetic_unit category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aramaic's instance of is recorded as genetic unit[3].
  • Aramaic's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Aramaic followed Old Aramaic[5].
  • Aramaic was followed by Chaldean Neo-Aramaic[6].
  • Aramaic is a type of Northwest Semitic[7].
  • Aramaic's writing system is recorded as Aramaic alphabet[8].
  • Aramaic's Commons category is recorded as Aramaic language[9].
  • Aramaic's Wikimedia language code is recorded as arc[10].
  • Aramaic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aramaic languages[11].
  • Aramaic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aramaic language[12].
  • Aramaic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+445000'}[13].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.)[14].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[15].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Aramaic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20].
  • Aramaic's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'arc', 'text': 'ܠܫܢܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ'}[21].
  • Aramaic's different from is recorded as Aranese[22].
  • Aramaic's studied by is recorded as Aramaic studies[23].
  • Aramaic's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[24].
  • Aramaic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • Aramaic's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Aramaic-language films[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include genetic unit[3] and language[4]. Aramaic is a type of Northwest Semitic[7].

Why It Matters

Aramaic draws 9,303 Wikipedia views per month (genetic_unit category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Aramaic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Aramaic is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Aramaic has been cited as an influence by Levantine Arabic[29], a natural language[30], in Syria[31].

FAQs

Who did Aramaic influence?

Aramaic has been cited as an influence by Levantine Arabic[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Aranese
    Category for films in this language Category:Aramaic-language films
    Subclass of Northwest Semitic
    Follows
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4264, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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