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Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Sūreṯ / ܣܘܪܝܬ)
Native to: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Region: Mosul, Ninawa; now also Baghdad and Basra
Native speakers: 241,610 (2019)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
ISO 639-3: cld
Glottolog: chal1275
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, or simply Chaldean, is a Northeastern Neo-Aramaic language spoken throughout a large region stretching from the plain of Urmia, in northwestern Iran, to the Nineveh plains, in northern Iraq, together with parts of southeastern Turkey.
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is closely related to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, where it is at times considered a dialect of that language. Most Assyrians in Iraq, Iran and the Khabour River Valley in Syria speak either the Chaldean Neo-Aramaic or Assyrian Neo-Aramaic variety, two varieties of Suret. Despite the two terms seeming to indicate a separate religious or even ethnic identity, both dialects or languages and their native speakers originate from and are indigenous to the same Upper Mesopotamian region (what was Assyria between the 9th century BC and 7th century BC).