SMP ISO 639-3
Samaritan Hebrew
A language of Palestine
- ISO 639
- smp
- Alternate Names
- Samaritan, Shamerim
- 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, South, Canaanite
- Language Use
- Religion.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Samaritan Hebrew
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Hebrew script [Hebr], no longer in use. Samaritan script [Samr].
- Other Comments
- Samaritan Hebrew survives as a liturgical language last spoken in the second century. About 30% live near Nablus and speak Palestinian Arabic [ajp] as L1. Others live near Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew [heb] as L1. Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 9 (Second language only) View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Samaritan
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Israel. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.
Map
Location: Nablus governorate.
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