Syriacs

E217247
Middle Eastern people ethnoreligious group

Syriacs are an ethnoreligious group of predominantly Syriac Christian people native to the Middle East, with their own distinct Aramaic language and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Syriac Christians 16
Assyrian Christians 10
Syriacs canonical 5

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Eastern people ⓘ
ethnoreligious group ⓘ
culturalHeritage Syriac literature ⓘ
Syriac philosophy ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Syriac poetry

Syriac theology ⓘ
culturalTradition Syriac liturgical year ⓘ
surface form: Syriac hymnography

Syriac iconography ⓘ
Syriac liturgical music ⓘ
Syriac monasticism ⓘ
denomination Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism

Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
diasporaCommunityIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicity Syriac ⓘ
experiencedEvent Assyrian genocide ⓘ
surface form: Sayfo genocide
heritageLanguageBranch Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
heritageLanguageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
historicalLanguage Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac
historicalRegion Hakkari region ⓘ
surface form: Hakkari

Nineveh Plains ⓘ
North and East Syria ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Syria

northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

northwestern Iran ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Iran

Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Turkey

Al-Jazira region ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Jazira

Tur Abdin ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Syriac ⓘ
surface form: Classical Syriac
liturgicalRite East Syriac rite ⓘ
surface form: East Syriac Rite

West Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ
surface form: West Syriac Rite
modernSpokenVarieties Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Surayt ⓘ
Sureth ⓘ
Turoyo ⓘ
nativeTo Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
persecutedInHistory Ottoman Empire ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
relatedGroup Arameans ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Chaldeans ⓘ
religion Syriac Churches ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Christianity
religiousAffiliation Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Maronite Church

Protestant Syriac communities ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus Middle East ⓘ
religiousTextTradition Peshitta ⓘ
selfIdentification Syriac ⓘ
traditionalCalendarUsage Syriac liturgical year ⓘ
surface form: Syriac calendar
usesScript East Syriac script ⓘ
Estrangela script ⓘ
Serto script ⓘ
writingSystem Syriac alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → populationGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
Sūrāyē → selfDesignationOf → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Assyrian genocide → victim → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Assyrian genocide → victim → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → spokenBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Simele massacre → victim → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Syriac Catholic Church → primaryFaithfulEthnicity → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → ethnicComposition → Syriacs ⓘ
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
Christian heritage of Beirut → associatedWithCommunity → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Eastern Aramaic → usedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Eastern Aramaic → usedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Neo-Aramaic languages → usedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Neo-Aramaic languages → usedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Orthodox Christians
Syriac alphabet → usedByCommunity → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
AANES → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Syriacs ⓘ
SDF → includesEthnicGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
Syrian Democratic Council → includesEthnicGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East → associatedWithEthnicTradition → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East → associatedWithEthnicTradition → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramean Christians
Kurtam on the Euphrates → partOf → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac cultural sphere
Holy Qurbana → liturgicalFamily → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christian
Season of the Apostles → celebratedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Season of Elijah, Moses and the Prophets → celebratedBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christian communities
Nineveh Fast → geographicPrevalence → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christian diaspora communities
Sayfo → targets → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Sayfo → targets → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Sayfo → targets → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramean Christians
Seyfo → perpetratedAgainst → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Seyfo → perpetratedAgainst → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Seyfo → perpetratedAgainst → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramean Christians
Year of the Sword → associatedWithGenocideOf → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Year of the Sword → associatedWithGenocideOf → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Year of the Sword → victimGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian clergy
Tur Abdin → traditionalInhabitants → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac-Assyrian Christians
Tur Abdin → culturalRegionOf → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Urmia dialect → spokenBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christians
Qochanis dialect → spokenBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian Christian communities
Suret → spokenBy → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Sureth → ethnicGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Ibas of Edessa → ethnicGroup → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac people
Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe → hasEthnicFocus → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians
Semitic peoples → hasModernSubgroup → Syriacs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac Christians