Imperial Aramaic

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Designated imperial for the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires.

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Imperial Aramaic

  1. (broad sense: sociolinguistics) The chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
    Synonyms: Official Aramaic, Standard Aramaic
  2. (narrow sense: dialectology) The Imperial Aramaic of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) only.
    Synonyms: Achaemenid Aramaic, Egyptian Aramaic
    Coordinate terms: Neo-Assyrian Aramaic, Neo-Babylonian Aramaic

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