Old Syriac
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The Old Syriac represents the earliest stage in development of the language, that emerged by the beginning of the first century AD as the main Aramaic dialect in the region of Osroene, centered in Edessa, and continued to develop during the next two or three centuries, gradually gaining wider regional significance.[1]
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Old Syriac | |
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𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡕 | |
Era | Initally 90 BC, and develop in 1st century AD; The language became Classical Syriac; Dramatically declined as a vernacular language after the 14th century; Developed into Northeastern Neo-Aramaic and Central Neo-Aramaic languages after the 12th century.[2] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Aramaic alphabet | |
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ISO 639-3 | arc-SY |
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