"the old Palmyrene language" Top 5 Page for this destination Palmyra Local Custom Tip by call_me_rhia

Syria is sometimes (rightly) called the cradle of civilisation. Many languages originate from there, like the ancient Palmyrene alphabeth. The first western alphabeth, or one of them at least, was developed in Syria. The first Syriac alphabeth developed from a later form of Aramaic used at Palmyra in Syria. At the museum in Palmyra there's an interesting rooms dedicated to this mysterious language and its evolution