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Syriac
ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐLeššānā Suryāyā
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Leššānā Suryāyā in written Syriac (Esṭrangelā script)
Pronunciation lɛʃʃɑːnɑː surjɑːjɑː
Region Upper Mesopotamia, Eastern Arabia
Era 1st century AD; Dramatically declined as a vernacular language after the 14th century; Developed into Northeastern Neo-Aramaic and Central Neo-Aramaic languages after the 12th century.
Language family
Writing system Syriac abjad
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 script.

Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language. It was spoken long ago in the Fertile Crescent. Most of the Aramaic writing that survives from the second to the eighth century AD is Syriac.

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