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Name: Imperial Aramaic Type: Language Alternate Names: Early Imperial Aramaic; Biblical Aramaic; Official Aramaic; Standard Literary Aramaic; Aramaic Code: arc Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: LINGUIST List Families: Afro-Asiatic Parent Language: Imperial Aramaic; Early Imperial Aramaic; Biblical Aramaic; Official Aramaic; Standard Literary Aramaic; Aramaic (arc) Child Language: Middle Aramaic (qhy) Brief Description: The most widespread language during the period of the New Assyrian empire, and the chancellery language of the Persian Empire. This language appears in the Old Testament of the Bible in five places: Ezra 4:8-6:18, Ezra 7:12-26, Daniel 2:4-7:28, Jer. 10:11 and Gen. 31:47. 7-4th centuries BC.

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Linguist List Status: Extinct