Aramaic ar uh MAY ihk, language, is a language of the Middle East. It belongs to the Semitic family of languages, along with Hebrew and Arabic. The earliest evidence of Aramaic dates from about 900 B.C. Jesus Christ and His disciples spoke Aramaic. Aramaic is still spoken by Assyrian Christians in isolated areas of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. The long history of Aramaic and the wide extent of its use have resulted in many dialects.