Assyrians
ethnic group native to Mesopotamia
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Summary
Assyrians is an ethnoreligious group[1]. Assyrians draws 15,314 Wikipedia views per month (ethnoreligious group category, ranking #7 of 45).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[3], Northeastern Neo-Aramaic[4], Turoyo[5]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[6], Assyrian Church of the East[7], Chaldean Catholic Church[8], Syriac Orthodox Church[9], Ancient Church of the East[10], Assyrian Pentecostal Church[11], Assyrian Evangelical Church[12], Syriac Catholic Church[13], Syriac Protestant Church[14]
- Country: Iraq[15], United States[16], Syria[17], Sweden[18], Iran[19], Turkey[20], Australia[21], Russia[22], Armenia[23], Canada[24], Georgia[25], Ukraine[26], Greece[27], Azerbaijan[28]
- Instance of: ethnic group[29]
- Subclass of: Semitic people[30]
- Commons category: Assyrian people[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Assyrian people[32]
- Population: 1,230,000[33]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Assyrians[34]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38]
- Different from: Assyrians[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[40]
- P14541: 3m4xsc[41]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Assyrians include Syriac Christianity[42].
Why It Matters
Assyrians has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Assyrians is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Assyrians include Syriac Christianity[42].