Neo-Mandaic sometimes called the ratna (Arabic: رطنة raṭna jargon) is the modern reflex of Classical Mandaic the liturgical language of the Mandaean religious community of Iraq and Iran. Although severely endangered it survives today as the first language of a small number of Mandaeans (possibly as few as 300-500 speakers) in Iran and in the Mandaean diaspora.
ISO 639-3 code
mid
family
Aramaic language, Semitic languages, Central Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic languages
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