Lebanese Aramaic

Lebanese Aramaic
Lebanese Aramaic
Sūrien
ܣܘܪܝܢ
Native to	Levant (Especially Mount Lebanon)
Ethnicity	Maronites
Extinct	c. 19th-century
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Northwest Semitic Aramaic Western Aramaic Lebanese Aramaic; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Syriac alphabet (Estrangelo and Serṭō)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Lebanese Aramaic, also referred to as Lebanese Syriac or Surien (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܢ), is an extinct or dormant Western Aramaic language. It was traditionally spoken in the Levant, especially in Mount Lebanon, by Maronite Christians.

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