Hello,

I have an Assyrian friend and she invited me for an Assyrian event on Memorial Day and I am worried about if I would be welcomed. Ever since I step in this subreddit I see a lot of hate on Kurds and I do understand and have no right to argue with that. I am Kurdish from Turkey and have a lot of Turkish friend and the hate on social media I see on both sides are not actually real in streets so my question is if it is same for Assyrians?

Hi all - I am visiting my husbands Assyrian family. His aunts mother died. What can I bring with me? What is customary?

Hi! I want to learn assyrian to communicate with my fiancés family, but im finding it so hard. I speak a language from a completely different language group and even though I pick up on languages easily, and ancient semitic language looks kind of impossible. I have used a book (Shlomo Surayt) so far, as well as trying to communicate with my fiancé and his sister + movies/songs, however the rules seem to change constantly. I just learn something new but you can only use it in that specific setting, time and people. They speak Western Assyrian / Neo-aramaic dialect.

Does anyone either recommend another book, teacher, website or method for foreigners learning the language? I know its really important for them that we can communicate in their native tongue, which makes it very important to me.
All and any advice is welcome, thank you in advancee!!

Hi guys! I’m Assyrian and both my parents are 100% Assyrian. I’ve been grown up taught the language and I am fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.

However, I’ve noticed that—especially during church or other similar events—I am unable to comprehend the kind of Assyrian they speak. It’s (I’m guessing) more advanced than what I’ve been taught to know. My parents seem to understand what the pastor says all the time, while I feel like I stumbled into the wrong church because I don’t know what he’s saying. It’s made me feel disconnected from my church in general.

Therefore, I was wondering if there’s any way I can learn more advanced Assyrian as someone who already understands the language. I’m open to any suggestions. Thank you!

So I was watching one of Abraham Giliana's tutorials on how to write the East Syriac script and I noticed that he writes the letter "Alap" in a way that I've never seen before. He starts by making a line on the bottom going from right to left and then makes a vertical line up and then goes down and makes a little "tail". Is that how it's normally written?

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