Eastern Aramaic refers to a group of dialects that evolved historically from the varieties of Aramaic spoken in the core territories of Mesopotamia and further expanded into northern Syria, eastern Arabia and northwestern Iran, in contrast to the Western Aramaic varieties found predominantly in the southern Levant. Most speakers are Assyrians, though there is a minority of Bavlim Jews and Mandaeans who also speak modern varieties of Eastern Aramaic.
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Partially Attested
Speaker CountSource gives a range of about 300,000 to 575,000 fluent speakers; lower bound recorded. RegionFertile Crescent (Iraq, northwestern Iran, northern and eastern Syria, southeastern Anatolia), Eastern Arabia 1 Sources
1. Eastern Aramaic languages (Wikipedia)
Infobox, Geographic distribution
Fertile Crescent (Iraq, northwestern Iran, northern & eastern Syria, Southeastern Anatolia), Eastern Arabia
Section on speakers
Numbers of fluent speakers range from approximately 300,000 to 575,000
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