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• Let us provide some quotes from Wikipedia, a well-respected modern online encyclopaedia:
• “Syriac was originally a 5th century BC local Assyrian-Akkadian influenced Aramaic dialect of Assyria in northern Mesopotamia that evolved under the influence of Assyrian Church of the East and Syriac Orthodox Church into its current form. Before Arabic became the dominant language, Syriac was a major language among Christian communities in the Middle East, Central Asia and Kerala, and remains so among the Assyrians and Syriac-Arameans to this day. It has been found as far afield as Hadrian’s Wall in Ancient Britain, with inscriptions written by Assyrian and Aramean soldiers of the Roman Empire.”