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	CONK! Encyclopedia: Aramaic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As the language grew in importance, it came to be spoken throughout the Mediterranean coastal area of the Levant, and spread east of the Tigris.
		It was the language of the city-states of Damascus, Hamath and Arpad.
		Nabataean Aramaic is the language of the Arab kingdom of Petra.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Aramaic (5354 words)

	Mandaic language - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mandaic language is the liturgical language of the Mandaean religion; a vernacular form is still spoken by a small community in Iran around Ahwaz.
		It is a variety of Aramaic, notable for its plene writing (see Mandaic alphabet) and the large degree of Iranian influences in its grammar and lexicon.
		Classical Mandaic is a Northwest Semitic language of the Eastern Aramaic sub-family, and is closely related to the language of the Aramaic portions of the Babylonian Talmud, as well as the language of the incantation texts found throughout Mesopotamia.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Mandaic (297 words)

	Read about Aramaic language at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Aramaic language and learn about Aramaic language ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud.
		Qumran texts, and was the main language of non-biblical theological texts of that community.
		Nabataean Aramaic is the language of the Arab kingdom of
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Aramaic (4745 words)

	Anthropology (Languages) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The other main regional languages are Turkish, Azari, Kurdish, Arabic and Lori; and there are dozens of other tongues throughout the 26 provinces, such as Gilaki, Baluchi and Turkmen.
		The literary language is virtually identical in Iran and Afghanistan, with very minor lexical differences.
		Language varieties in Suleimaniya, Iraq and Qazwin, Iran may be inherently intelligible with it.
	www.farhangsara.com /language.htm (1800 words)

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		Classical Mandaic is a dead language, and although Mandaic is still spoken in the south of Persia by remnants of the Mandaean community on the banks of the Karun river in Khuzistan, it is modernized and debased form of the tongue, incorporating a number of Persian and Arabic words.
		Grammatical forms have been modified in the colloquial and when the spoken language is committed to paper the spelling is erratic.
		The priestly office is hereditary, and a small boy destined to enter the priesthood usually learns as assistant to father or uncle formulae he must repeat when assisting at religious ceremonies, and listens from early childhood to recitals in the holy language.
	www.mandaeanworld.com /drower.html (301 words)

	Mandaic language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mandaic language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It is also related to (Click link for more info and facts about Syriac) Syriac, another member of the Eastern Aramaic sub-family, which is the liturgical language of many Christian denominations throughout the Middle East.
		While Khorramshahr boasted the largest Mandaic-speaking population until the 1980s, the Iran-Iraq War caused many to flee into diaspora, leaving (Click link for more info and facts about Ahwaz) Ahwaz the only remaining Mandaic-speaking community.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mandaic_language.htm (235 words)

	Nasurai / Mandaic Glossary
		The Mandaic dialect is a form of Aramaic Hebrew, the language spoken by Yeshu and Maria and other Essene Nasarenes.
		- The name derives from the worship of Manda d Hiia, the Great Life - and are a descriptive term of the general populace of the mandaean communities ; another name used in arab countries are Subba or Subbi, which means one who "immerses" in Arabian.
		The Mandaeans use a simplified yet complex language of ciphers which correspond to late Sumerian, which makes every kind of sense if we look at the area in which Mandeism thrived.
	www.essene.com /B'nai-Amen/vgloss.htm (1148 words)

	Who are the Mandaeans
		"dMandaeans" is derived from "menda" which means in the mandiac language "knowledge".
		The Mandiac language is dialect of the Eastern Aramic language, which is derived from the Semitic family of languages.
		All religious manuscripts concerning rites were written in this language.
	www.mandaeanworld.com /who5.html (1170 words)

	Mandaic alphabet
		The origins of the Mandaic alphabet or abagada are unknown.
		Mandaic a Semitic language and a dialect of Eastern Aramaic.
		It has about 800-1,000 speakers mainly in Iran, but is also spoken by a few people in Iraq and the USA.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/mandaic.htm (123 words)

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