Syrian; Syriac = Aramean; Aramaic

 

The Syriac language is the Aramaic language itself, and the Arameans are the Syrians themselves. He who has made a distinction between them has erred.

 

 

The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch H.H. Mor Ignatius Zaka I Iwas in The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch At A Glance (2008; 19831), p. 25.