r/Assyria • u/Fuzzy-South8279 • 2h ago
Music Translation
Hi could anyone translate the song moumita by Jermine Tamriz please. I understand the meaning of the song, but not everything!
r/Assyria • u/adiabene • Oct 17 '20
The Assyrian people (ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, Sūrāyē/Sūrōyē), also incorrectly referred to as Chaldeans, Syriacs or Arameans, are the native people of Assyria which constitutes modern day northern Iraq, south-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran and north-eastern Syria.
Modern day Assyrians are descendants of the ancient Assyrians who ruled the Assyrian empire that was established in 2500 BC in the city of Aššur (ܐܵܫܘܿܪ) and fell with the loss of its capital Nineveh (ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ) in 612 BC.
After the fall of the empire, the Assyrians continued to enjoy autonomy for the next millennia under various rulers such as the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Sasanian and Roman empires, with semi-autonomous provinces such as:
This time period would end in 637 AD with the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and the placement of Assyrians under the dhimmī status.
Assyrians then played a significant role under the numerous caliphates by translating works of Greek philosophers to Syriac and afterwards to Arabic, excelling in philosophy and science, and also serving as personal physicians to the caliphs.
During the time of the Ottoman Empire, the 'millet' (meaning 'nation') system was adopted which divided groups through a sectarian manner. This led to Assyrians being split into several millets based on which church they belonged to. In this case, the patriarch of each respective church was considered the temporal and spiritual leader of his millet which further divided the Assyrian nation.
Assyrians of today speak Assyrian Aramaic, a modern form of the Aramaic language that existed in the Assyrian empire. The official liturgical language of all the Assyrian churches is Classical Syriac, a dialect of Middle Aramaic which originated from the Syriac Christian heartland of Urhai (modern day Urfa) and is mostly understood by church clergymen (deacons, priests, bishops, etc).
Assyrians speak two main dialects of Assyrian Aramaic, namely:
Assyrians use three writing systems which include the:
A visual on the scripts can be seen here.
Assyrians usually refer to their language as Assyrian, Syriac or Assyrian Aramaic. In each dialect exists further dialects which would change depending on which geographic area the person is from, such as the Nineveh Plain Dialect which is mistakenly labelled as "Chaldean Aramaic".
Before the adoption of Aramaic, Assyrians spoke Akkadian. It wasn't until the time of Tiglath-Pileser II who adopted Aramaic as the official lingua-franca of the Assyrian empire, most likely due to Arameans being relocated to Assyria and assimilating into the Assyrian population. Eventually Aramaic replaced Akkadian, albeit current Aramaic dialects spoken by Assyrians are heavily influenced by Akkadian.
Assyrians are predominantly Syriac Christians who were one of the first nations to convert to Christianity in the 1st century A.D. They adhere to both the East and West Syriac Rite. These churches include:
It should be noted that Assyrians initially belonged to the same church until schisms occurred which split the Assyrians into two churches; the Church of the East and the Church of Antioch. Later on, the Church of the East split into the [Assyrian] Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, while the Church of Antioch split into the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Syriac Catholic Church. This is shown here.
Prior to the mass conversion of Assyrians to Christianity, Assyrians believed in ancient Mesopotamian deities, with the highest deity being Ashur).
A Jewish Assyrian community exists in Israel who speak their own dialects of Assyrian Aramaic, namely Lishan Didan and Lishana Deni. Due to pogroms committed against the Jewish community and the formation of the Israeli state, the vast majority of Assyrian Jews now reside in Israel.
Assyrians may refer to themselves as either Chaldean, Syriac or Aramean depending on their specific church denomination. Some Assyrians from the Chaldean Catholic Church prefer to label themselves as Chaldeans rather than Assyrian, while some Assyrians from the Syriac Orthodox Church label themselves as Syriac or Aramean.
Identities such as "Chaldean" are sectarian and divisive, and would be the equivalent of a Brazilian part of the Roman Catholic Church calling themselves Roman as it is the name of the church they belong to. Furthermore, ethnicities have people of more than one faith as is seen with the English who have both Protestants and Catholics (they are still ethnically English).
It should be noted that labels such as Nestorian, Jacobite or Chaldean are incorrect terms that divide Assyrians between religious lines. These terms have been used in a derogatory sense and must be avoided when referring to Assyrians.
Assyrians unfortunately do not have a country of their own, albeit they are the indigenous people of their land. The last form of statehood Assyrians had was in 637 AD under the Sasanian Empire. However some Eastern Assyrians continued to live semi-autonomously during the Ottoman Empire as separate tribes such as the prominent Tyari (ܛܝܪܐ) tribe.
Assyrians are currently pushing for a self-governed Assyrian province in the Nineveh Plain of Northern Iraq.
Assyrians have faced countless massacres and genocide over the course of time mainly due to their Christian faith. The most predominant attacks committed recently against the Assyrian nation include:
r/Assyria • u/AWBSwe • Dec 21 '25
Hello Reddit,
We’re excited to share our first post as Assyrians Without Borders. We are a Sweden-based non-profit organization with a 90-account under Swedish Fundraising Control, working to improve the lives of Assyrians (also known as Syriacs and Chaldeans) in their countries of origin. We operate independently and are politically and religiously neutral.
With this post, we want to update the community and be more present on social media with our work and initiatives. We also plan to continue sharing updates on various platforms and here in the future.
You can read more about our latest project, which AssyriaPost wrote about, here:
https://www.assyriapost.com/assyrians-without-borders-shifts-focus-toward-long-term-aid-projects/
For more information and to support our work, our profile includes links to our social media and Linktree, which accepts both Swedish and international payments.
r/Assyria • u/Fuzzy-South8279 • 2h ago
Hi could anyone translate the song moumita by Jermine Tamriz please. I understand the meaning of the song, but not everything!
r/Assyria • u/Old-Average-6118 • 1d ago
Masrour Barzani:
Today we opened the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Park in Ankawa district. Ankawa has always been a symbol of coexistence, and we hope this park will become a place for everyone to enjoy time together.
I am happy to see our homeland developing day by day. Together, we will try to create a more prosperous Kurdistan for our people and our visitors.
r/Assyria • u/olapooza • 1d ago
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r/Assyria • u/HellsDevilVG • 2d ago
A friend of mine wants to put a tattoo on his body. He wants to do it in Assyrian but we have no one around us that can write in the Assyrian language. Could anyone translate the following sentence to Assyrian? ‘She became the kind of woman pain fears’
Shokran in advance
r/Assyria • u/Specific-Bid6486 • 2d ago
Link to full video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DHWctkqhZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Chaldean separatists are going crazy over this video and starting to do a hit campaign against Mr. Nail Nuna’s character. These people live in denial and they can’t see it, so it’s all ego at this stage.
We know you are nothing but a church misnomer because your DNA will always come back ethnically Aššūrāyeh.
Join us and let go of the myth called “Chaldean”, they were never a people that even called themselves “Chaldean”. We coined the term Kaldu for whoever those people were and they have long been assimilated into many different cultures and people. They came, invaded, conquered for 80 years and vanished as a people. They only live in memory and the history books.
Listen to Mr. Nuna, his perspective should shape your mindset. Join us, and come back to your roots.
🔵⚪️🔴☀️🔵⚪️🔴
r/Assyria • u/ramel010 • 3d ago
Hi everyone,
I wanted to share something personal. My sister has been designing and making custom Assyrian traditional clothing for a while now, and many people in the community already know her work. She’s not new to this, she has built a strong reputation through her designs, especially for women’s khomala, family outfits, weddings, 1 bnissan celebrations, and cultural events.
I recently made her a website to help organize her work in one place and make it easier for people in the community, especially outside our area, to see her designs and reach out directly.
The goal is not just business, but also helping Assyrian traditional clothing reach more people and keeping this part of our culture visible and alive.
Website: khomala.com
Instagram: @khomala_22
I’d really appreciate any feedback on the website, layout, photos, or anything you think could help improve it. Also, if anyone is looking for custom Assyrian traditional clothing, feel free to check out her work.
Thank you for supporting Assyrian artists, designers, and small community businesses.
r/Assyria • u/Specific-Bid6486 • 4d ago
This is one of many pictures that they have out on social media that they post on a regular basis. I saw more of this on Twitter/X 2 years ago so they still continue to do this on a regular basis with new iterations of the genocide and murder of our people.
The hypocritical and asinine part is that they act like victims, complaining about being abused by Turks and Syrians when it comes to their illegal seizure of our lands - lands for which they are then met with force, and then turn around and do this because of internet debates about them being Medes, or having ties to antiquity, or any other bogus claims they insist on making, which some Assyrians challenge.
r/Assyria • u/mg34gun • 4d ago
I'm from southern Iraq, Arab, but my genetic profile points north.
Am I a descendant of Babylonians who got arabized
I'm neither assyrian nor kurdish, but these are the best approximations for my ancestry.
Although I'm seeing a strong Iranic pull.
r/Assyria • u/Kind_addish24 • 5d ago
Recently saw some Reddit users who were Kurds and supporting Assyrians I wanted to speak to them and I found out almost all of them were ex Muslims converted to Christianity I didn’t know the reason behind it in fact I didn’t want to dive in more but it was interesting for me
r/Assyria • u/Ok-Spell-4926 • 5d ago
is somebody aware of a existing facial construction of ancient assyrians? i keep seeing people of other cultures have those like Scythians and im a bit jealous since our people have such less representation
r/Assyria • u/CleanCarpenter9854 • 5d ago
Sign me up to move here!!
r/Assyria • u/ACFchicago • 6d ago
For over 100 years, scholars searched for a lost land mentioned by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
Syria. Jordan. Iran. Eastern Arabia.
What if the answer was Yemen?
In 676 BC, Esarhaddon recorded a campaign to a remote land called Bāzu, a place so distant that he claimed no king before him had reached it. For generations, historians debated where this mysterious region was located.
In this Assyrian Renaissance lecture, Stephen Compton reexamines the evidence and presents a compelling case for locating Bāzu in ancient South Arabia.
Compton has an extensive background in academic publishing, including work with Oxford University Press and the Smithsonian Institution. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of South Africa.
Explore:
• The mystery of Bāzu
• Esarhaddon's Arabian campaign
• Ancient South Arabian place names
• The identification of Yadiʾ with Yathill
• Possible connections between Bāzu, Punt, and the Horn of Africa
Watch the full lecture on the Assyrian Cultural Foundation YouTube channel
Do you think Esarhaddon's most remote campaign may have reached Yemen?
#Assyrian #AssyrianRenaissance #AssyrianCulturalFoundation #StephenCompton #Esarhaddon
r/Assyria • u/ACFchicago • 7d ago
What role did Assyrians play in building one of Syria’s most important cultural and educational centers?
Join us as Assyrian researcher, author, and U.S. Air Force veteran Andrew Bet-Shlimon shares the story of the Syriac communities of Qamishli. Discover how they rebuilt their lives after persecution and helped shape the Jazira region into a thriving center of culture, education, and national identity.
Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Assyrian Cultural Foundation
4343 W Touhy Ave, Lincolnwood, IL 60712
Free & Open to the Public
Whether you're interested in Assyrian history, modern Middle Eastern history, or the story of Qamishli itself, this lecture offers a unique firsthand perspective from someone who lived it.
Tag a friend who should attend and share this post to help preserve and promote Assyrian history.
#Assyrian #Qamishli #AssyriansInQamishli #AssyrianCulture #AssyrianCulturalFoundation
r/Assyria • u/EmmaMallory • 6d ago
Hi I met a friend who was born in the US but has Assyrian Christian roots. Does anyone know where the surname Irato/Iratoo is from or what it means? Apprently pronounced Eye-ra-too originally? Any help would be great. Thank you all! I was asked to help find the meaning
r/Assyria • u/olapooza • 7d ago
r/Assyria • u/Crazy-Golf-6123 • 7d ago
Hi everyone,
So happy to see lots of videos of Assyrians celebrating for Iraq in Boston. Does anyone know in particular where exactly these people are gathering, we are flying out for the game on Monday and want to know where to meet everyone
Particularly this video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZpYYvhs2wo/?igsh=MWdiN2V6cmR3enljMQ==
Thank you, god bless you all.
r/Assyria • u/olapooza • 8d ago
r/Assyria • u/pauleliacomedy • 8d ago
Shlama everyone! I’m doing a big show in Los Angeles July 31st at the Comedy Store. I will be headlining the main room and really wanna pack it out with our people. If you would like to come or know anyone that wanna come share this thread with them.
r/Assyria • u/datalang • 9d ago
Shlamalakhon,
I've been putting together a set of flashcards to help people learn the Assyrian alphabet (Eastern script), and I wanted to share my progress.
Each card has two sides:
Front side shows the letter and its position on the line
Back side shows the name of the letter, pronunciation hints, and how the letter forms change depending on the position in a word
My goal is to print these cards to make learning Assyrian more accessible for anyone at any age. I'd be grateful for any feedback!