Syriac language

A review of the sites on the web indicates that there is some confusion as to what exactly is meant by the word Syriac. The safest course is to select an authority like the [Ethnologue] and be guided by its decisions. The relationship among the Semitic languages and Syriac can be seen in the following tree of Semitic languages.

Table of contents

1 Semitic Family Tree with Special Reference to Syriac 2 History 3 Linguistics 4 Literature

Semitic Family Tree with Special Reference to Syriac

Semitic

Central

Aramaic

Eastern

Central

Mandaic

Syriac (Turkey (Asia))

Western

Western Neo-Aramaic (Syria)

Samaritan Aramaic (Palestinian West Bank and Gaza)

South

Arabic

Canaanite

Hebrew, Ancient

Hebrew (Israel)

Samaritan (Palestinian West Bank and Gaza)

South

Ethiopian

North

South

South Arabian

History

Linguistics

Literature

to be continued...