Ancient Mesopotamians such as ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. Modern Assyrians may culturally self-identify as Syriacs, Chaldeans, or Arameans for religious
Suret (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܬ) ([ˈsuːrɪtʰ] or [ˈsuːrɪθ]), also known as Assyrian, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by Christians
who are of Assyrian descent. There are approximately 150,000 Assyrians in Sweden. Assyrians first came to Sweden from Syria for work in the late 1960s when
designation for Assyrians. In the Assyrian Neo-Aramaic language, both terms are thus used: Āṯūrāyē ("Assyrians") and Sūrāyē/Sūryāyē ("Syrians/Syriacs"). Disputes