SAM ISO 639-3
Samaritan Aramaic
ארמית (Arāmît) Autonym
A language of Palestine
- ISO 639
- sam
- Alternate Names
- Shamerim
- Autonym
- ארמית (Arāmît)
- Population
- No known L1 speakers in Palestine. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Total users in all countries: none known.
- Location:
- Nablus governorate.
- Language Status
- 9 (Second language only).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Western
- Language Use
- Religion.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Samaritan Aramaic
- Writing
- Hebrew script [Hebr]. Samaritan script [Samr].
- Other Comments
- Ceased as L1 for daily functions in 10th–12th centuries A.D. Samaritan Hebrew [smp] and Samaritan Aramaic secondarily mainly used as liturgical languages. About 30% live near Nablus and speak Palestinian Arabic [ajp] as L1. Others live near Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew [heb] as L1.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 9 (Second language only) View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Samaritan Aramaic
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Israel. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.
Map
Location: Nablus governorate.
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