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  4. Western Neo-Aramaic
ISO 639-3 · amwamw
Afroasiatic family

Western Neo-Aramaic

Western Neo-Aramaic is a language of the Northwest Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Syria.

7 · Shifting
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
amw
Glottocode
west2763
Wikipedia
20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level

Facts

NameWestern Neo-Aramaic
Also calledSquare Aramaic Alphabet, Siryon

Vitality

EGIDS 7 Shifting7

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Western Neo-Aramaic

The branches above Western Neo-Aramaic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily79Semiticbranch24West Semiticbranch18Central Semiticbranch17Northwest SemiticbranchamwWestern Neo-Aramaiclanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Syria19 languages in the index

Also spoken in Syria

araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapcLevantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 44 mazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeapcNorth Levantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 24.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalkbdKabardianNorth Caucasian · 1.6 m5 · Developing