Language

Aramaic is a language or group of languages that belong to the Semitic language family. The language has gone through 5 development phases according to the analysis done by Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer and Aaron Butts: Old Aramaic, Official Aramaic, Middle Aramaic, Late Aramaic, and Modern Aramaic.

Language history

Language	Dialects	Date	Status
Old Aramaic	2	1000 BC - 700 BC	Extinct
Official Aramaic	1	700 BC - 300 BC	Extinct
Middle Aramaic	25+	300 BC - 100 AD	Extinct
Late Aramaic	6+	100 AD - 1200 AD	Active
Modern Aramaic	20+	1200 AD -	Active