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Small nitpicking, Arabic is from a different branch of Semitic languages than Aramaic or Hebrew (which are very similar). And TIL I learned that Aramaic repla
by myth_drannon 1y ago
Small nitpicking, Arabic is from a different branch of Semitic languages than Aramaic or Hebrew (which are very similar).
And TIL I learned that Aramaic replaced Hebrew in Judea because the Persian Empire maintained Aramaic as the official administrative language, and Jews brought it back, coming back from the Babylonian captivity.