Sūrāyē

E49159

Assyrian people ethnic group

Sūrāyē is the endonym used by Assyrians to refer to themselves as a distinct ethnic and cultural group originating from ancient Mesopotamia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian people → ethnic group →
associatedWithAncientEmpire	Assyrian Empire →
culturalContinuityWith	ancient Assyrians →
culturalHeritageIncludes	Aramaic literary tradition → Syriac liturgical tradition →
diasporaCommunitiesIn	Australia → Canada → Germany → Iran → Iraq → Sweden → Syria → Turkey → United States →
endonymFor	Assyrians →
ethnicIdentityLinkedTo	ancient Assyrian heritage →
ethnonymLanguage	Neo-Aramaic →
historicalReligion	Christianity →
minorityStatusIn	Iran → Iraq → Syria → Turkey →
modernSpokenLanguagesInclude	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → Turoyo →
originatesFrom	ancient Mesopotamia →
primaryRegionHistorical	Northern Mesopotamia → Upper Tigris region →
relatedTerm	Suroye → Suryaye → Suryoye →
religiousAffiliationCommon	Assyrian Church of the East → Chaldean Catholic Church → Syriac Catholic Church → Syriac Orthodox Church →
religiousTradition	Eastern Christianity →
scriptTraditionallyUsed	Syriac script →
selfDesignationOf	Assyrian Christians →
selfIdentificationAs	indigenous people of Mesopotamia →
traditionalLanguage	Eastern Aramaic → Syriac →
usedInDialect	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → Syriac →
usesAutonym	Sūrāyē →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Assyrians →	autonym
Sūrāyē ("Suryoye") →	relatedTerm