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• n  a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
• n  an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
• a  of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages

• Aramaic
• Aramaic script

News & Articles

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• Sufi teacher explores spiritual ecology in new anthology
  When the Sufis and Muslims pray "La illaha il Allah," they are reaffirming, "There is no God but God." Both the Arabic word "Allah" and the Aramaic "Allaha" mean "unity" or "oneness."
  July 17, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter

Quotes

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• Billy Crystal in NBC5.com
  For the first time, we're being simulcast in Aramaic,Crystal said.
• Karl Jenkins in WalesOnline
  It was a logical development,says Jenkins, who has sold more than three million albums. "As soon as I started using text instead of improvised language, and moved outside of Western European constraints to Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic and other...
• Simcha Jacobovici in Ynetnews
  He told me,Jacobovici recalled, "that a sarcophagus was found, with a carved inscription reading 'James bar Joseph ahuy deJosua' (Aramaic: Jacob son of Joseph, brother of Josua). Failing to understand what this information had to do with...