Assyrians.. what European ethnicities can they pass for? Choose all that apply.

[sparkey]

Assyrians are also being killed daily in Mosul for being Christian the world don't talk about that to much but it's a fact. Saint Elijah monastery . Before the US invasion was being used as a headquarters for one of Saddam's Armour units they defaced it and used the cistern as a latrine

The plight of the Assyrians in Iraq is something that the international community should be aware of. AINA is a good resource for news about it.

Since the Iraq War, the situation hasn't exactly gotten better, either. My Assyrian in-laws who remain in Iraq have been targeted in multiple attacks.

 

[L.D.Brousse]

On Convoy missions through the city of Mosul we would pass a Christian church with a bravely lit cross.I often thought to myself how brave these people are to be surrounded by the enemy unarmed 24/7 and still refuse to hide their beliefs for safety

 

[wormhole]

Italian, Maltese, Sicilian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, and Bosnian

 

[adamo]

They can pass as certain Greeks, Italians, Cretans, Sicilians, Cypriots, maybe a few spaniards or PortuguesePortuguese

 

[American Idiot]

who do they overlap with?
some of those women can sit in my lap anytime. LOL

 

[MOESAN]

Thanks, sparkey. Please let me add a few notes. Hello, MOESAN. Regarding the nomenclature issue, please see the opinion of the eminent Assyriologist, Dr. Simo Parpola, in my post here, and copied below:



National and Ethnic Identity in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Identity in Post-Empire Times
Dr. Simo Parpola (Assyriologist)

Regarding our vernacular, "Sureth," here are the "Remarks on the Historical Background of the Modern Assyrian Language," by Cambridge Professor of Semitic Philology, Dr. Geoffrey Khan:



Further work by Dr. Khan, on the Assyrian dialects of N Iraq, specifically, the dialect of Barwar:



And, perhaps the most important data of all, the genetic data. Here is a recent post of mine, from another forum:

A comparison of speakers of Assyrian and Babylonian Aramaic, based on Dienekes' Dodecad K12a values, posted a bit below. Though, not a great many of the Jews and Mandaeans remain fluent in the language.

Map of Assyria and Babylonia:
View attachment 5436

Assyrian-Aramaic (Northeastern Aramaic): Assyrians
Babylonian-Aramaic and Mandaic (Southeastern Aramaic): Iraqi Jews, Iranian Jews, Mandaeans

Assyrian ASY
Babylonian1 IQJ
Babylonian2 IRJ
Babylonian3 MAN

Bits from the Iranica.com article on Mandaic (written by the Aramaic scholar, Christa Müller-Kessler):
View attachment 5437

And, the corresponding K12a population values. The Mandaean sample, unfortunately, only stands at 2, in the population below:

ASY1    12    0    0    2    0    0    52    14    0    19    0    0
BAB1    12    0    0    0    0    0    48    14    0    24    0    1
BAB2    10    0    0    0    0    0    50    16    0    22    1    1
BAB3    10    0    0    0    0    0    47    19    0    22    0    1

The column K components, are as follows (left to right):

K1 Mediterranean
K2 Far_Asian
K3 Siberian
K4 North_European
K5 South_Asian
K6 West_African
K7 Caucasus
K8 Gedrosia
K9 East_African
K10 Southwest_Asian
K11 Southeast_Asian
K12 Northwest_African

I'm late but:THANKS !!!