Christian Palestinian Aramaic
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Christian Palestinian Aramaic was a Western Aramaic dialect used by the Melkite Christian community, probably of Jewish descent,[1] in Palestine, Transjordan and Sinai[2] between the fifth and thirteenth centuries.[lower-alpha 1] It is preserved in inscriptions, manuscripts (mostly palimpsests, less papyri[5] in the first period) and amulets. All the medieval Western Aramaic dialects are defined by religious community. CPA is closely related to its counterparts, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic (JPA) and Samaritan Aramaic (SA).[6][7][1] CPA shows a specific vocabulary that is often not paralleled in the adjacent Western Aramaic dialects.[6]
Christian Palestinian Aramaic | |
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Region | Palestine, Transjordan, Sinai |
Era | ca. 400–1200 |
Afro-Asiatic
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Christian Palestinian Aramaic Alphabet | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | chri1239 |