Aramaic is an old language of southwest Asia. For a long time it was the shared language people used across different groups — a lingua franca — in that part of the world. Some communities in Syria and Lebanon, and nearby, still speak forms of it.

Aramaic is an old language of southwest AsiaAramaic是西亞一種古老的語言。For a long time it was the shared language people used across different groups很長一段時間裡，它是不同族群之間共用的語言——a lingua franca也就是所謂的通用語——in that part of the world在那個地區。Some communities in Syria and Lebanon, and nearby敘利亞、黎巴嫩和鄰近地區的一些社群，still speak forms of it現在仍然說著它的某些變體。

It is the language Jesus most likely used in daily life, and parts of the Hebrew Bible are in Aramaic, not Hebrew. It is related to Hebrew and Arabic (they belong to the same language family), but it is not Arabic and it is not Hebrew — the similar look of the English names is easy to trip on.

It is the language Jesus most likely used in daily life這很可能是耶穌日常生活中使用的語言，and parts of the Hebrew Bible are in Aramaic, not Hebrew而且希伯來聖經裡有部分是用亞蘭語寫的，不是希伯來語。It is related to Hebrew and Arabic (they belong to the same language family)它跟希伯來語和阿拉伯語有親緣關係，同屬一個語系，but it is not Arabic and it is not Hebrew但它不是阿拉伯語，也不是希伯來語——the similar look of the English names is easy to trip on英文名稱長得很像，很容易搞混。

You will mostly meet the word in history, church, or language class, not in everyday chat. It can also be an adjective: Aramaic script, an Aramaic speaker.

You will mostly meet the word in history, church, or language class你大多會在歷史課、教會或語言課上遇到這個字，not in everyday chat不是在日常聊天裡。It can also be an adjective它也可以當形容詞用：Aramaic script亞蘭文文字、an Aramaic speaker說亞蘭語的人。