Sūrāyē

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Suryoye 1
Sūrāyē canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian people
ethnic group
associatedWithAncientEmpire Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
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
linked to: Mesopotamia
primaryRegionHistorical Northern Mesopotamia
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Tigris region
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
relatedTerm Suroye
Suryaye
Suryoye
linked to: Sūrāyē
religiousAffiliationCommon Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity
scriptTraditionallyUsed Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet
selfDesignationOf Assyrian Christians
linked to: Syriacs
selfIdentificationAs indigenous people of Mesopotamia
traditionalLanguage Eastern Aramaic
Syriac
usedInDialect Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Syriac
usesAutonym Sūrāyē

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Assyrians autonym Sūrāyē
Sūrāyē relatedTerm Suryoye
linked to: Sūrāyē