Syriac may refer to:
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Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
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Sureth
Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( su:rɪtʰor su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than ethn ...
, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
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Syriac alphabet
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Syriac (Unicode block)
Syriac is a Unicode block containing characters for all forms of the Syriac alphabet, including the Estrangela, Serto, Eastern Syriac, and the Christian Palestinian Aramaic variants. It is used in Literary Syriac, Neo-Aramaic, and Arabic among ...
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Syriac Supplement
Syriac Supplement is a Unicode block containing supplementary Syriac letters used for writing the Suriyani Malayalam
Suriyani Malayalam (സുറിയാനി മലയാളം, ܣܘܪܝܢܝ ܡܠܝܠܡ), also known as Karshoni, Syro-Mala ...
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Neo-Aramaic languages
The Neo-Aramaic or Modern Aramaic languages are varieties of Aramaic that evolved during the late medieval and early modern periods, and continue to the present day as vernacular (spoken) languages of modern Aramaic-speaking communities. Within ...
also known as Syriac in most native vernaculars
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Syriac Christianity, the churches using Syriac as their liturgical language
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West Syriac Rite
The West Syriac Rite, also called Syro-Antiochian Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saint James in the West Syriac dialect. It is practised in the Maronite Church, the Syriac Orthodox ...
, liturgical rite of the Maronite Syriac Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Catholic Church
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East Syriac Rite
The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...
, liturgical rite of the Syro Malabar Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, and the Ancient Church of the East
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Aramean people
The Arameans ( oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; syc, ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, Ārāmāyē) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. The Aramean ...
(Syriacs), an ancient Semitic-speaking people
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Suriyani Malayalam, dialect of Malayalam influenced by Syriac
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Syriac Rite (disambiguation) The term Syriac Rite or Syrian Rite may refer to:
* West Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Catholic Church
* East Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Ch ...
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Syrian (disambiguation) Syrian people or Syrians are the majority inhabitants or citizens of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Syrian may also refer to:
People
* Syrian diaspora, Syrian emigrants and their descendants living outside of Syria, as either immigrants or refugees
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Syria (disambiguation)
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Terms for Syriac Christians
Terms for Syriac Christians are endonymic (native) and exonymic (foreign) terms, that are used as designations for ''Syriac Christians'', as adherents of Syriac Christianity. In its widest scope, Syriac Christianity encompass all Christian deno ...
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