Assyrian language
GRN Language Number: #112
ISO / Ethnologue 16th edition Language Code: aii
ISO / Ethnologue 16th edition Language Name: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Other Information: Orthodox, Christian, Mulim; Bible (old), translation in progress.
Population: 210,231
Literacy: 20
Other names for Assyrian
Aisorski
Aramaic
Assyrianci
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Assyriski
Lishana Aturaya
Neo-Syriac
Sooreth
Suret
Sureth
Suryaya Swadaya
Syriac
Where Assyrian is spoken
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Cyprus
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Lebanon
Netherlands
New Zealand
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America
Audio recordings available in Assyrian
C80332 John 1:1 - 8:30 ![]()
C80334 John 17 - 21 ![]()
C80333 John 8:31 - 16:33 ![]()
C03051 Words of Life ![]()
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Audio/Video from other sources
Jesus Film in Assyrian from The Jesus Film Project
The Gospel of Mark in Assyrian from Gospel Go
Dialects related to Assyrian
There is one similar spoken language or dialect which shares the same ISO language code as Assyrian: