| Chaldeans |
Flag | | Total population: | 2-2.5 million (est.) | | Significant populations in: | Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey:
1.5-2 Million (est.)
United States and Canada:
100,000-150,000 (est.)
Europe:
100,000-150,000 (est.)
CIS:
50,000-75,000 (est.)
Australia, New Zealand and Other:
100,000 (est.)
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| | Language: | Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | | Religion: | Chaldean Catholic Church | | Related ethnic groups: | Assyrians, Syriacs |
 Map showing the location of Tel Kaif, Iraq and the neighboring areas. Chaldeans (Assyro-Chaldeans, Chaldo/Chaldæo-Assyrians) are a Syriac-speaking Semitic people currently living in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, and in diaspora. Historically they were situated in and around the ancient imperial Assyrian capital of Nineveh located near present day Tel Kaif outside Mosul, Iraq in the province of Ninawa. Speakers of Syriac Aramaic are also commonly and collectively referred to as Assyrians. Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ...
The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite sui juris (autonomous ritual church) particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Pope in Rome. ...
Modern Assyrians trace their heritage to an ancient race of the same name, one of the few major factions which appeared after the collapse of the Akkadian Empire; the worlds first Semitic empire created under Sargon I. At its peak, the Assyrian empire encompassed Mesopotamia (Iraq), Aram (Syria), and...
Syriacs (in Syriac: Suryoye/Suraye) are the Aramaic speaking indigenous inhabitants of the Near East (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and southeastern Russia). ...
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Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ...
Semitic is a linguistic term referring to a subdivision of largely Middle Eastern Afro-Asiatic languages, the Semitic languages, as well as their speakers corresponding cultures, and ethnicities. ...
Look up Diaspora in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term diaspora (Ancient Greek διασποÏά, a scattering or sowing of seeds) is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands; being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the...
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Mosul (36°22′N 43°07′E; Arabic: , Kurdish: Mûsil, Assyrian: Ü¢ÜÜ¢Ü˜Ü NînÄ›wâ) is a city in northern Iraq. ...
Ninawa (in Arabic: نینوا ,in kurdish: Neynewa ) in Assyrian: Nineve is a governorate (province) in Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. ...
Aramaic is a Semitic language with a four-thousand year history. ...
Modern Assyrians trace their heritage to an ancient race of the same name, one of the few major factions which appeared after the collapse of the Akkadian Empire; the worlds first Semitic empire created under Sargon I. At its peak, the Assyrian empire encompassed Mesopotamia (Iraq), Aram (Syria), and...
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Their presence in the region predates the Islamic conquest, as they are one of the few remaining indegenous inhabitants of Mesopotamia (Beth Nahrain in Syriac). They are not purely descended from the Biblical Chaldeans of Babylonia. IslÄm is described as a dÄ«n, meaning way of life and/or guidance. Six articles of belief There are six basic beliefs shared by all Muslims: 1. ...
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Beth Nahrain (the house/land of the rivers) is the Neo-Aramaic name for Mesopotamia (a Greek word which means the land between the rivers). It refers to the rivers Frot (Euphrates) and Deqlath (Tigris), in and around the modern-day countries of Turkey, Syria and Iraq. ...
Chaldea was a nation in the southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain. ...
Babylonia, named for the city of Babylon, was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ...
Chaldeans are Christian, and are one of the first people to be converted to that religion by Thomas the Apostle shortly after the death of Christ. They originally belonged to the Assyrian Church of the East until 1552 when part of the church split and joined in full communion with Rome forming the Chaldean Catholic Church also known as the Chaldean Church of Babylon. Those who remain with the original church refer to themselves as Assyrians, although in modern times the two terms have become interchangeable. As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ...
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The Assyrian Church of the East is a Christian denominational body that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle. ...
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The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite sui juris (autonomous ritual church) particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Pope in Rome. ...
This article concerns the Assyrian people. ...
Present The total population of Chaldo-Assyrians is estimated at 2.5 million worldwide. There are today an estimated 100,000 living in the United States. Major populations of Chaldeans are found around Detroit and San Diego, while Assyrians are concentrated around Chicago and Los Angeles. There are approximately 500,000-750,000 Syriac speakers in Iraq; many of those living in the United States also speak the language. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815 County Wayne County Mayor...
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Much hostility against Iraqi Christians still exists from Muslim Iraqis, especially in the period following the fall of Saddam Hussein. Iraqi Christians are demanding support and equality in Iraq and the funds for the teaching of their dialect of Syriac and the funding of churches. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ...
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Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ...
Future The future is uncertain for Chaldeans and Assyrians and face assimilation into Arab culture for those remaining in the Middle East and into other foreign cultures in diaspora. Arabization is the gradual transformation of an area into one that speaks Arabic and is part of the Arab culture. ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogenous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...
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The Syriac Aramaic language is in danger of becoming extinct within a few generations unless there is intervention and/or a revival like that of Hebrew. Language revival is the revival, by governments, political authorities, or enthusiasts, to recover the spoken use of a language that is no longer spoken or learned at home. ...
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...
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