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According to Ethnologue, Modern Aramaic is spoken by around 550,000, people of various communities from across the Middle East, especially in Syria and Israel, including Christians, Jews, Mandaeans and Muslims.

More than 90% of Modern Aramaic speakers either speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic or the Chaldean Neo-Aramaic variety.

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How many people speak Aramaic?

Aramaic is considered a "dead" language in the sense that it is no longer spoken as a native language by a large population. However, there are still communities and individuals around the world who speak various dialects of Aramaic, particularly in the Middle East. It is difficult to determine an exact number of Aramaic speakers due to its limited use and the dispersed nature of its speakers.


What countries speak Aramaic today?

Aramaic is spoken primarily in small communities in a few countries including Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon. These speakers are part of various Christian and Jewish communities who have preserved the language over the centuries.


What country is Aramaic?

The Aramaic culture (Arameans) did not have a unified culture, but they mainly lived in an area that today is called Syria. The Aramaic language, however, was spoken all over the middle East, and is still spoken today in parts of Syria.


What is Aramaic are they the first to speak the English language?

Aramaic is a Semitic language that originated in the Near East and was commonly spoken in ancient times. It is not the same as English, which belongs to the Germanic language family. English developed from a mixture of languages, including Old English, Latin, and French, and its origins trace back to the 5th century.


What language do people speak in Ctesiphon?

In Ctesiphon, an ancient city in present-day Iraq, the people would have likely spoken Aramaic, which was a commonly used language in the region during that time.

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Should Aramaic replace English as the international language?

Not very many people speak Aramaic ... so, no.


What languages did and do the Assyrians speak?

Assyrian, Aramaic and Neo- Aramaic.


What language did people speak before Aramaic?

If you're talking about the region of the land of Israel, Hebrew and Old Canaanite were spoken before Aramaic.


Did Hitler speak aramaic?

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Do Ethiopians speak Aramaic?

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Did Jesus speak amharic?

Jesus spoke aramaic


How many people speak Aramaic?

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Where do they speak Assyrian?

There is no one language spoken by the Assyrian people--the Assyrians today speak Arabic, Persian, Neo-Aramaic languages, and Turkish--as they are spread throughout much of Middle East, though mostly Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey.


What countries speak Aramaic today?

Aramaic is spoken primarily in small communities in a few countries including Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon. These speakers are part of various Christian and Jewish communities who have preserved the language over the centuries.


If its extinct then why do Assyrians around the world speak the assyrian language?

The Assyrian language as you call it does not exist. The Ancient Assyrians are extinct and the language they spoke was Akkadian. The people that call themselves Assyrian today are actually of Aramean heritage and the language they all speak is forms of Aramaean/Aramaic and nothing else.


Did Jesus speak latin and greek or no?

No Jesus spoke aramaic.


Did Jesus speak syriac?

No actually the language that Jesus spoke was Aramaic.