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Mandaic

Language of the Mandaean religion and community

Also known as Mandaic language · Mandāyì · Raṭnā

Subclass of: Aramaic
Script: Mandaic
Indigenous to: Basra Governorate
, Baghdad Governorate
, Khuzestan Province

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Mandaic, or more specifically Classical Mandaic, is the liturgical language of Mandaeism and a South Eastern Aramaic variety in use by the Mandaean community, traditionally based in southern parts of Iraq and southwest Iran, for their religious books. Mandaic, or Classical Mandaic, is still used by Mandaean priests in liturgical rites. The modern descendant of Mandaic or Classical Mandaic, known as Neo-Mandaic or Modern Mandaic, is spoken by a small group of Mandaeans around Ahvaz and Khorramshahr in the southern Iranian Khuzestan province.

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Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object
Country: Iran
Iraq
UNESCO language status: 5 critically endangered
Studied by: Mandaean studies

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