Western Neo-AramaicinImperial Aramaic

amw·ArmiAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language

Western Neo-Aramaic

ISO 639-3amwStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used5

Also written in:

Arabic (Arab)Syriac (Western variant) (Syrj)Latin (Latn)Syriac (Syrc)

Script

Imperial Aramaic

ISO 15924ArmiFamilySemitic / AramaicOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagarmi

Imperial Aramaic abjad, the administrative lingua franca of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (6th–4th century BCE). Ancestor of Arabic, Hebrew (square script), Syriac, and many other scripts.

Other languages using Imperial Aramaic

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)arc

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