Syriacs
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Syriac may refer to:
- Syriac alphabetSyriac alphabetThe Syriac alphabet is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language from around the 2nd century BC . It is one of the Semitic abjads directly descending from the Aramaic alphabet and shares similarities with the Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic, and the traditional Mongolian alphabets.-...
- Syriac languageSyriac languageSyriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
- Syriac Christians
- Syriac ChristianitySyriac ChristianitySyriac or Syrian Christianity , the Syriac-speaking Christians of Mesopotamia, comprises multiple Christian traditions of Eastern Christianity. With a history going back to the 1st Century AD, in modern times it is represented by denominations primarily in the Middle East and in Kerala, India....
, the churches using Syriac as their liturgical language - Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people, adherents of Syriac Christianity
See also
- Names of Syriac ChristiansNames of Syriac ChristiansThe various communities of indigenous pre-Arab Neo-Aramaic-speaking people of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and the surrounding areas advocate different terms for ethnic self-designation...
- Syria (disambiguation)Syria (disambiguation)Syria is a country in the Middle East.Syria may also refer to:* Siria, a music duo* Syria , sailing ship launched in 1868In places:* Greater Syria, a historical region of the Levant** Arab Kingdom of Syria...
- Syrian (disambiguation)Syrian (disambiguation)Syrian is a native of Syria.Syrian may also refer to:* Syrian , an Italian synthpop band* Syrian * Syrian Arabic, a variety of Arabic spoken in Syria* Syrian Christians...