Samaritan
An extinct language of Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
| Population | No known speakers. Ethnic population: 620 (1999 H. Mutzafi). |
| Region | West Bank near Nablus, Tel Aviv, Israel. Also in Israel. |
| Alternate names | Samaritan Hebrew |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite |
| Language use | Mainly use Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic secondarily as liturgical languages. About 30% live near Nablus and speak Palestinian Arabic [ajp] as L1. Others live near Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew [heb] as L1. Religion. |
| Language development | Bible: 1853. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. Hebrew script, no longer in use. Samaritan script. |
| Comments | Samaritan religion, related to Judaism. |
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