Armazic language

Armazic (also called Armazian) is an extinct written Aramaic language used as a language of administration in the South Caucasus in the first centuries AD.^[2] Both the Armazic language and script were related to the Aramaic of northern Mesopotamia. The name "Armazic" was introduced by the Georgian scholar Giorgi Tsereteli in reference to Armazi, an ancient site near Mtskheta, Georgia, where several specimens of a local idiom of written Aramaic have been found, most famous among them the Stele of Serapeitis, bilingual in Greek. Beyond several sites in eastern Georgia, an Armazic-type inscription is also present on the temple of Garni in Armenia. The latest specimen of Armazic is an inscription of a 3rd-century plate from Bori, Georgia.^[3]

NativetoArmenia and Georgia

RegionSouth Caucasus

Era0–100 CE^[1]

Language family

Afro-Asiatic

• Semitic
  • West Semitic
    • Central Semitic
      • Northwest Semitic
        • Aramoid?
          • Aramaic
            • (unclassified)
              • Armazic

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Armazic
Armazian
The Stele of Serapeitis, written in both Greek and the Armazic script.
Native to	Armenia and Georgia
Region	South Caucasus
Era	0–100 CE[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramoid? Aramaic (unclassified) Armazic
Writing system	Aramaic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xrm
Linguist List	xrm
Glottolog	None

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