Syriac language
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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. | ||
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==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] |
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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.