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The Syrian Aramaic of Turkiye

The Syrian Aramaic of Turkiye, numbering approximately 17,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a Central Neo-Aramaic-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria .
They are an Indigenous people, with Syrian Aramaic (Turoyo) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Assyrian / Aramaic people cluster of the Arab World.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Eastern Orthodox.
They primarily speak Turoyo.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Syrian Aramaic are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Syrian Aramaic are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Syrian Aramaic are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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