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Arameans

Ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East
Intangible ethnic_group Q175064
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Summary

Arameans is an ethnic group[1]. Arameans ranks in the top 4% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,835 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Aramean states[3]
  • Location: Mesopotamia[4], Syria[5]
  • Part of: Semitic people[6]
  • Commons category: Arameans[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Arameans[8]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. Volume 3[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Aramaic[13]
  • Different from: Arameans[14]
  • Time period: 1st millennium BC[15], ancient Near East[16]
  • Enemy: Assyrian Empire[17]

Why It Matters

Arameans has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Arameans is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Aramaic
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Arameans
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1 +1
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Aramaean, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779095401908"
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