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It is extremely [[mutual intelligibility|closely related]] to [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]], both evolving from the same [[Aramaic language]], a distinct dialect which evolved in [[Mesopotamia]]<ref>Khan 2008, pp. 6</ref> between the 5th century BC and 1st century AD. The terms ''Syrian'' and thus ''Syriac'' were originally 9th century BC [[Indo-Anatolian]] .<ref>Tekoglu, R. & Lemaire, A. (2000). La bilingue royale louvito-phénicienne de Çineköy. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des inscriptions, et belleslettres, année 2000, 960-1006.</ref>
Despite the terms ''Chaldean Neo-Aramaic'' and ''Assyrian Neo-Aramaic'' indicating a separate religious or even ethnic identity, both languages and their native speakers originate from and are indigenous to the same [[Upper Mesopotamia]]n region (between the 9th century BC and 7th century BC), and both originate directly from Aramaic, which was founded in that same region near Syria and Palestine.
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