Palmyrene Aramaic
Palmyrene Aramaic was a Western Aramaic dialect spoken in the city of Palmyra, Syria, in the early centuries AD. It is solely known from inscriptions dating from the 1st century BC to 273.[1]
| Palmyrene Aramaic | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Region | Palmyra |
| Extinct | 1st millennium |
Early forms | |
| Palmyrene alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
qhy-pal | |
| Glottolog | None |
The dual had disappeared from it.[1]
The development of cursive versions of the Aramaic alphabet led to the creation of the Palmyrene alphabet.
See also
References
- Charles Fontinoy (1969). Le duel dans les langues sémitiques (in French). p. 76. ISBN 9782251661797.
Further reading
- Hillers, Delbert R.; Cussini, Eleonora (1996). Palmyrene Aramaic Texts. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5278-7.
- Hans H. Spoer (1904). "Palmyrene Inscriptions found at Palmyra in April 1904". Journal of the American Oriental Society.
- John Swinton (1753). "An Explication of All the Inscriptions in the Palmyrene Language and Character Hitherto Publish'd. In Five Letters from the Reverend Mr John Swinton, M. A. of Christ-Church, Oxford, and F. R. S. to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.". Philosophical Transactions. 48: 690. Bibcode:1753RSPT...48..690S.
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