Alternate Names: Samaritan Hebrew
Genealogy:
Demographics: No known L1 speakers in Palestine. Ethnic population: 620 (1999 H. Mutzafi).
Language Use: Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic [sam] secondarily mainly used as liturgical languages. About 30% live near Nablus and speak Palestinian Arabic [ajp] as L1. Others live near Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew [heb] as L1. Religion.
Language Development: Bible: 1853.
Writing System: Arabic, Samaritan
Nation of Origin: Palestine
Other Comments: Jewish (Samaritan).