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Ancient Syriac was used in the Near East from around 400 BCE.
It is still used today, mostly as a liturgical language.
![[using Serto script]](syriac-ancient1.gif)
![[using East Syriac (Nestorian) script]](syriac-ancient2.gif)
![[using Estrangelo script]](syriac-ancient3.gif)
![[using Estrangelo script with Western vowels]](syriac-ancient4.gif)
![[Latin alphabet transliteration]](syriac-ancient5.gif)
![[Latin alphabet transcription]](syriac-ancient6.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
Alternate names for Ancient Syriac include Suryaya, Suryoyo, and Lishana Atiga
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