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The '''Syriac people''' <big>(</big>]: <big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>, {{IPA-all|'Sūryōyɛ Orōmōyɛ}}<big>)</big>, also simply known as '''Syriacs''' or '''Arameans''' are an ] of ], in the sense of sharing a common ], ], ], and speak a variant of ]. They are native to ], ], ], ], ] and neighbouring regions who can also be found in a plethora of ] communities around the world. In later times, many of them fled into ], ], ], ], ] and ]; mostly to ], ], ] and ]. Today hundreds of thousands Syriacs live in ].<ref></ref><ref>http://www.themesopotamian.org/magazine/mesopotamian_v1_i4_jan05.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.kristdemokraterna.se/PressOchMedia/Pressmeddelanden/Internationellt/~/media/DBB059D6B89C42C1B8CB49B55C7CAC49.ashx</ref>

For the most part, they speak the ], which is known as "]" (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) in their native tongue, but a large part also speak a dialect of the ] called ] (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>). The Syriacs mostly call themselves "]" (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) in their native tongue, but a large part also tend to use "]" (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) as self-designation, since the Syriacs are ] to the ].<ref>http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php?rop3=210540</ref>

Being adherents of the ], they belong to the ] and ], for which reason they are also known as ] (named after ]). They are known as one of the first people to accept ] as their ].<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14417a.htm</ref><ref>http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=VI342856CI279</ref><ref>"Tur Abdin, and the Aramaean Renaissance" by John Messo</ref>

Their ], which is known as ], or ] (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) in the their mother tounge, lies in what is now ], ] and ], specifically in the ] (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) region in ], and in the ] region in ]. The strongest Syriac community in the world is found in the city of ] (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) in ] where a large Syriac community live. Following the ] (<big><big>{{lang|arc|]}}</big></big>) in the early 20th century, many fled abroad, and a large portion today lives in ].<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/christians-caught-in-the-crossfire-members-of-syriac-sect-driven-from-homes-1392468.html</ref>


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