Western Aramaic languages
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Western Aramaic is a group of Aramaic dialects[4][5] once spoken widely throughout the ancient Levant, predominantly in the south, and Sinai, including ancient Damascus, Nabatea, Judea, across the Palestine Region, Transjordan, Samaria as well as Lebanon in the north. The group was divided into several regional variants, spoken mainly by the Nabataeans, Mizrahi Jews, Melkites of Jewish descent,[6] Samaritans and Maronites. All of the Western Aramaic dialects are considered extinct today, except for the modern variety Western Neo-Aramaic, which is still spoken by the Arameans (Syriacs) in the towns of Maaloula and Jubb'adin in Syria.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
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Geographic distribution | Levant (western & southern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Transjordan), Sinai |
Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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Glottolog | west2815 |