Alaph is the first letter of the Syriac alphabet.

The Arabic alphabet. Classical Syriac is still used as the liturgical language of various Syriac Christians.

No single country uses it officially, but a diverse group of Syriac dialects are spoken by about 200,000 people mainly in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey.

Michael J. Bazzi has written:

'Beginner's handbook of the Aramaic alphabet =' -- subject(s): Alphabet, Modern Syriac language

It depends on what your name is, and which dialect of Aramaic you want to use. Modern Aramaic is written with the Syriac alphabet, and Jewish Aramaic is written with the Hebrew alphabet.