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'''Syriac''' (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ''leššānā Suryāyā'') is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared around the 1st century C.E. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature. | '''Syriac''' (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ''leššānā Suryāyā'') is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared around the 1st century C.E. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature. | ||
==See Also== | |||
* [[Syriac book of genesis]] | |||
* [[Syriac book of Psalms]] | |||
* [[The Lord's Prayer in Syriac]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language Wikipedia Article on the Syriac language] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language Wikipedia Article on the Syriac language] | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 31 December 2015
Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared around the 1st century C.E. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature.