SYRIAC (DISAMBIGUATION)

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: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.
'Syriacs or Syrians' may refer to:

★ Assyrians

★ Eastern Assyrians, members of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church; some identify as Chaldean

★ Western Assyrians, members of the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Syrian Catholic Church; some identify as Aramaean

★ Maronites, Lebanese Roman Catholic Uniate Christians; most identify as Arab and Phoenician

★ Melkites, Lebanese Greek-Catholic Uniate Christians; most identify as Arab and Phoenician

★ Syriac Christians, a blanket term applied to all the aforesaid peoples
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 the Syriac alphabet

★ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, spoken in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey

★ Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, spoken in Iraq and Iran

★ Turoyo, spoken in Tur Abdin, Turkey and Syria

★ other Neo-Aramaic languages
The language(s) may also be spoken in the diaspora.