Parts of the [[New Testament]] were written in Aramaic.<ref name="a"/>
Parts of the [[New Testament]] were written in Aramaic.<ref name="a"/>
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It survives today only in isolated [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] villages as well as in northern [[Iraq]] and eastern [[Turkey]].<ref name="a"/>
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It is spoken today in parts of [[Lebanon]], northern [[Iraq]], [[Syria]] in addition to smaller communities in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syriac.htm</ref>