Research project
Nabataean Aramaic
A living language?
- Duration
- 2019
- Contact
- Benjamin Suchard
- Funding
- NWO
The ancient people known as the Nabataeans left us thousands of texts. They wrote in Aramaic, the lingua franca of their time. But the Aramaic of their texts was heavily influenced by Arabic. This project will investigate whether Nabataean Aramaic was ever spoken or was only used in writing.