There is a movement to make Syriac an official language in the government school curriculum in northeast Syria. At present, Arabic is the language of the classroom. If the movement is successful, ...

I moved from Rhode Island to New Jersey a few months ago with the hope of finding a larger Syriac [Assyrian] community--more families, more gatherings, and more opportunities for my children to grow ...

Bengaluru, India -- Youngsters in the city are trying to preserve a language that survives only among a small community near Kurdisthan, Iraq -- Syriac. Many belonging to the ancient Syro-Malabar ...

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