WebSuret (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܬ) ([ˈsu:rɪtʰ] or ), also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than ethnic (Assyrian Jews and Chaldean Catholics) as a result of the Assyrian identity being banned in Iraq until 2004 and its continued …

WebNabataean Aramaic is the Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River, the Negev, and the Sinai Peninsula.Compared to other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loanwords and grammatical borrowings from Arabic or other North Arabian languages. Attested in …

WebMaltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Lingwa Maltija), is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people.It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afro-Asiatic language of the European Union.Maltese is a latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic …

WebMoab (/mɔ.ab/ ; Moabite:𐤌𐤀𐤁 mʾb; hébreu : מוֹאָב; grec ancien : Μωάβ; Akkadien Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab; Egyptien Mu'ab) est le nom historique d'une région montagneuse de Jordanie qui s'étend le long de la côte est de la mer Morte.Le petit royaume de Moab apparaît au Levant à l'âge du fer.Il existe aux côtés des royaumes d'Israël, de Juda et d'Ammon.Il …

WebAlphabet grec « Alphabet grec » (Ellinikó alfávito) en grec moderne Caractéristiques; Type Alphabet: Langue(s) Grec ancien, grec moderne et de nombreuses langues par le passé Direction ... moabite, etc.), un graphème représente toujours une consonne, en association avec une voyelle non spécifiée ou aucune voyelle : les langues sémitiques fonctionnent …

WebAncient Semitic-speaking peoples or Proto-Semitic people were people who lived throughout the ancient Near East, including the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa from the 3rd millennium BC until the end of antiquity.. Their languages are usually divided into three branches: East, Central and South Semitic …

WebThe Canaanite languages, or Canaanite dialects, are one of the three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Ugaritic, all originating in the Levant and Mesopotamia.They are attested in Canaanite inscriptions throughout the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the East Mediterranean, and after the founding of Carthage …

WebName. The original form of the name of the Nabataeans was Nabaʾatu, which is recorded in Babylonian Akkadian as Nebaʾati, and was the "broken" plural faʿalatun form nabī of the Arabic term nabīʾu, meaning "distinguished man."This name Nabaʾatu underwent two principal evolutions, with the omission of the hamzah glottal stop producing the form …

WebAramaic (Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܝܐ, romanized: Arāmāyā; Old Aramaic: 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲרָמִית) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria, where it has been spoken, in different varieties, for approximately three thousand years. Aramaic served as a language of public life and …

WebThe Punic language, also called Phoenicio-Punic or Carthaginian, is an extinct variety of the Phoenician language, a Canaanite language of the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages.An offshoot of the Phoenician language of coastal West Asia (modern Lebanon and western Syria), it was principally spoken on the Mediterranean coast of …