This work offers a general overview of Syriac and Middle Persian bilingualism. Through the analysis of literary loanwords in the two languages, it highlights the sociolinguistic aspects of this contact, which primarily involved Syriac-speaking Eastern Christians, without neglecting the presence of a small group of Syriac terms that entered the Middle Persian lexicon.

The Syro-Iranian Linguistic Contact / Ciancaglini, Claudia Angela. - (2026), pp. 95-123. - ORIENTALIA LOVANIENSIA ANALECTA.

The Syro-Iranian Linguistic Contact

Claudia Angela Ciancaglini
2026

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This work offers a general overview of Syriac and Middle Persian bilingualism. Through the analysis of literary loanwords in the two languages, it highlights the sociolinguistic aspects of this contact, which primarily involved Syriac-speaking Eastern Christians, without neglecting the presence of a small group of Syriac terms that entered the Middle Persian lexicon.
2026
L’Orient en partage. Échanges et transferts culturels entre Orient et Occident
978-90-429-5248-5
Syriac, Middle Persian, Languages in contact, Bilingualism
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The Syro-Iranian Linguistic Contact / Ciancaglini, Claudia Angela. - (2026), pp. 95-123. - ORIENTALIA LOVANIENSIA ANALECTA.
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