Syriac
dialect of Middle Aramaic
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Summary
Syriac is a natural language[1]. Syriac ranks in the top 8% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,702 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Turkey[3]
- Instance of: sacred language[4], historical language[5]
- Subclass of: Aramaic[6]
- Writing system: Syriac alphabet[7], Estrangela[8]
- Commons category: Syriac language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: syc[10]
- Coordinate location: 37.05, 41.25[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Syriac language[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 575,000[13]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
- Topic has template: Q104771328[17]
- Native label: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ[18]
- Different from: Syrian Arabic[19]
- Indigenous to: Şanlıurfa Province[20]
- Studied by: Syriac studies[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SYC[22]
- Ethnologue language status: 9 Second language only[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[25], feminine[26]
- Entry in abbreviations table: сир.[27]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Syriac-language music[28]
Why It Matters
Syriac has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Syriac is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]