The Classical Syriac Wikipedia (), also known as the Aramaic Wikipedia (), is an edition of
Wikipedia
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Classical Syriac
The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer ...
. It was officially created in July 2004, but it wasn't until 2005 when its second article was published.
As of November 16, 2024, the Classical Syriac edition of Wikipedia contains 1,907 articles and has 21,729 contributors, including 19 active contributors and 2 administrators.
History
The Classical Syriac Wikipedia was officially launched in 2004, although it would take until about a year later for a second article to be published on the site.
The Wikipedia was originally launched under the name of the Aramaic Wikipedia.
In 2010, it was decided to change the Wikipedia from being named the Aramaic Wikipedia to the Classical Syriac Wikipedia. This change was made in order to encompass a unifying language that all modern speakers of
Neo-Aramaic dialects could understand and read. Although this change was officially decided on, the Wikipedia has yet to change its
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-2:1998, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code'', is the second part of the ISO 639 International standard, standard, which lists Language code, codes for the representation of the names of languages ...
code from arc to syr.
Statistics
The Classical Syriac Wikipedia is currently ranked 264th out of 339 active Wikipedia's, in terms of number of articles, as of 2024. On October 21st 2009, the Wikipedia achieved 1,000 total articles, and it was noted that the Wikipedia was increasing by an average of 63 articles per year. The Wikipedia is currently 7th out of 8 different
Semitic language
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic,
Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Modern South Arabian languages and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by mo ...
-Wikipedias, leading over the
Tigrinya language
Tigrinya, sometimes romanized as Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic languages, Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic languages, Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is primarily spoken by the Tigrinya people, ...
, and accounting for a little over 0.05% of all Semitic language articles on Wikipedia.
*In September 2006, the Wikipedia achieved over 200 total articles.
*In August 2008, the Wikipedia achieved 500 total articles.
*In December 2011, the Wikipedia achieved 1.5K total articles.
Gallery
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-arc.svg, Modern logo, using the Syriac Unicode block
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-arc.png, Former logo, using Classical ʾEsṭrangēlā
See also
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List of Wikipedias
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Aramaic
Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...
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Suret language
Suret ( suːrɪtʰor suːrɪθ, also known as Assyrian, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by Christians, namely Assyrians.Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, ...
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Central Neo-Aramaic
Central Neo-Aramaic, or Northwestern Neo-Aramaic (NWNA), languages represent a specific group of Neo-Aramaic languages, that is designated as ''Central'' in reference to its geographical position between Western Neo-Aramaic and other Eastern A ...
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Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) is a grouping of related dialects of Neo-Aramaic spoken before World War I as a vernacular language by Jews and Assyrian Christians between the Tigris and Lake Urmia, stretching north to Lake Van and southwards t ...
References
External links
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