What is Syriac language?
{{Infobox language | name = Syriac | nativename = {{rtl-lang |syr|ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ}} ''{{transl|syr|Leššānā Suryāyā}}'' | pronunciation = lɛʃʃɑːnɑː surjɑːjɑː | image = Syriac - Estrangelo Nisibin Calligraphy.png | image_size = 200px | imagecaption = '''Leššānā Suryāyā''' in written Syriac (Esṭrangelā script) | 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. | ref = <ref name=Angold391>{{Harvnb |Angold|2006|pp=391}}</ref> | familycolor = Afro-Asiatic | fam2 = Semitic | fam3 = Central Semitic | fam4 = Northwest Semitic | fam5 = Aramaic | fam6 = Eastern Aramaic | script = Syriac abjad | iso2 = syc | iso2comment = Classical Syriac | iso3 = syc | iso3comment = Classical Syriac | glotto = clas1252 | glottorefname = Classical Syriac | notice = IPA | ancestor = Old Syriac }} [[File:Aramaic alphabet.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Aramaic alphabet|Syriac Aramaic alphabet]]]] {{Special characters | image = Shlama.svg | alt = | link = http://www.bethmardutho.org/meltho/ | special = Syriac text, written from right to left in a cursive style with some letters joined | fix = Help:Multilingual_support#Syriac/Aramaic script | characters = [[Syriac alphabet]] | error = unjoined Syriac letters or other symbols }} [[File:Syriac Sertâ book script.jpg|thumb|250px|An [[11th century]] Syriac [[manuscript]].]] '''Syriac''' ({{lang|syr|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 [[2nd century|second]] to the [[8th century|eighth century AD]] is Syriac.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ==Related pages== *