Samaritan Aramaic
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A language of Palestine
Alternate Names
Shamerim
Autonym
ארמית (Arāmît)
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Palestine. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Total users in all countries: none known.
Location
Nablus governorate.
Language Status
9 (Second language only).
Language Use
Religion.
Ceased as L1 for daily functions in 10th–12th centuries A.D. Samaritan Hebrew [smp] and Samaritan Aramaic secondarily mainly used as liturgical languages. About 30% live near Nablus and speak Palestinian Arabic [ajp] as L1. Others live near Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew [heb] as L1.