- Syriac (disambiguation)
:The term was changed from "Syrian" to "Syriac" in referring to the (Syrian Christian) people and language so as to avoid confusion with belonging to the country of Syria. For information on Syrian nationals see the
Demographics of Syria .Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac people
*Maronites, Lebanese Roman Catholic Uniate Christians
*Melkite s, Lebanese Greek-Catholic
*Saint Thomas Christians , followers of Syriac Christianity*Syriac Christians, a blanket term applied to all the aforesaid peoples
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Names of Syriac Christians It may also apply to Aramaic-speaking Christians of other denominations.
Aramaic Languages:
*Syriac language , used in the liturgy of the Syrian churches, written in theSyriac alphabet
*Assyrian Neo-Aramaic , spoken inIran ,Iraq ,Syria , andTurkey
*Chaldean Neo-Aramaic , spoken in Iraq and Iran
*Turoyo, spoken inTur Abdin , Turkey and Syria
*otherNeo-Aramaic languages The language(s) may also be spoken in the diaspora.
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