Throughout the history from the Proto-Semitic roots emerged a continuous line: Akkadian → Aramaic → Syriac → Neo-Aramaic (Assyrian, Chaldean, Syriac)

A main goal is to work out firm skills of oral and written speech and practical knowledge of a language as a means of communication

It's the language Jesus Christ preached in, the language still spoken today by the Assyrians and Chaldeans scattered throughout the world

Both contributed to Mesopotamian culture through writing, science and monumental structures