Aramaean alphabet

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• Cuneiform script — Infobox Writing system name=Cuneiform type=Logographic typedesc=and syllabic languages=Akkadian, Eblaite, Elamite, Hattic, Hittite, Hurrian, Luwian, Sumerian, Urartian time=ca. 30th century BCE to 1st century CE fam1=(Proto writing) children=Old… …   Wikipedia

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• Aramaic language — Not to be confused with the Amharic language. For the people, see Aramaeans. Aramaic Arāmît Pronunciation [arɑmiθ], [arɑmit], [ɑrɑmɑjɑ], [ɔrɔmɔjɔ] Spoken in Ir …   Wikipedia

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• Arameans — This article is about the ancient people. For the modern group, see Aramaean identity. The Aramaeans, also Arameans (Greek: Ἀραμαῖοι), were a Northwest Semitic semi nomadic and pastoralist people who originated in what is now modern Syria… …   Wikipedia

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• Aramaeans — The Aramaeans (also Arameans) (Aramaic/Syriac: ܐܪܡܝܐ , Ārāmāye ) were a Semitic (West Semitic language group), semi nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syria. Aramaeans never had a unified empire; they were divided… …   Wikipedia

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