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Aramaic was the language of [[Jesus]]. It is a semitic language, most closely related to Hebrew and Arabic.
'''Aramaic''' was the [[language]] of [[Jesus]]. It is a semitic language and was spoken by the [[Aramaeans]] and spread across the [[Mesopotamia]] and became the language of the [[Persian Empire]]. It was most closely related to [[Hebrew]] and [[Arabic]].
Parts of the [[New Testament]] were written in Aramaic.
It survives today only in isolated [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] villages as well as some [[Nestorian]]s in northern [[Iraq]] and eastern [[Turkey]].
==Sources==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]