Assyrians

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ethnic group indigenous people

Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group of the Middle East, primarily Christian and descended from the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Assyria.

Aliases (9)
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group →
indigenous people →
ancestralOrigin ancient Assyria →
Mesopotamia →
surface form: "ancient Mesopotamia"
autonym Sūrāyē →
Āṯūrāyē →
autonymLanguage Syriac →
continent Asia →
culturalHeritage Mesopotamian traditions →
Syriac literature →
Syriac liturgical music →
diasporaCommunity Australia →
Canada →
Germany →
Netherlands →
Russia →
Sweden →
United Kingdom →
United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
ethnicity Assyrians →
surface form: "Assyrian"
historicalContinuityWith ancient Assyrians →
historicalEventExperienced Assyrian genocide →
Simele massacre →
languageFamily Semitic languages →
liturgicalLanguage Syriac →
surface form: "Classical Syriac"
majorPopulationCenter Iran →
Iraq →
Syria →
Turkey →
minorityStatusIn Iran →
Iraq →
Syria →
Turkey →
primaryReligion Christianity →
recognizedAsIndigenousIn Iran →
Iraq →
Syria →
Turkey →
region Middle East →
religiousDenomination Assyrian Church of the East →
Chaldean Catholic Church →
Syriac Catholic Church →
Syriac Orthodox Church →
religiousMinority Protestant Christianity →
surface form: "Protestantism"

Yazidism →
script East Syriac script →
surface form: "Syriac alphabet"
traditionalLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic →
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic →
Turoyo →
traditionalReligionBranch Eastern Christianity →
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageElement Syriac liturgical chant →
Referenced by (42)

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

this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Haran → capturedBy → Assyrians →
Battle of Carchemish → combatant → Assyrians →
Nineveh → culture → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Sūrāyē → endonymFor → Assyrians →
Āṯūrāyē → endonymFor → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrians of Iraq"
Āṯūrāyē → endonymFor → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrians of Syria"
Āṯūrāyē → endonymFor → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrians of Turkey"
Āṯūrāyē → endonymFor → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrians of Iran"
Assyria → ethnicGroup → Assyrians →
Deir ez-Zor → ethnicGroup → Assyrians →
Hormuzd Rassam → ethnicGroup → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Mosul → ethnicGroup → Assyrians →
Syria → ethnicGroup → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Assyrian genocide → ethnicTarget → Assyrians →
Simele massacre → ethnicTarget → Assyrians →
Assyrians → ethnicity → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Tarsus → foundedBy → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian American"
this entity surface form: "Chaldean American"
Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Assyrians →
northern Iraq → hasEthnicGroup → Assyrians →
subject surface form: "Northern Iraq"
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Iraqi American → hasSubgroup → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian American"
Āṯūrāyē → meaning → Assyrians →
Medes → neighbor → Assyrians →
Erbil → otherEthnicGroup → Assyrians →
Āṯūrāyē → refersTo → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian people"
Āṯūrāyē → relatedTerm → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian"
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → spokenBy → Assyrians →
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → spokenIn → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian diaspora"
Akkadian month Tashritu → usedBy → Assyrians →
subject surface form: "Tashritu"
Āṯūrāyē → usedBy → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian people"
this entity surface form: "Assyrian people"
Assyrian genocide → victim → Assyrians →
this entity surface form: "Assyrian people"
Inanna → worshippedBy → Assyrians →
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