Peoples Speaking Semitic Languages
Peoples of the Caucasus that speak languages that belong to the Semitic language family
- Assyrians
Assyrians in the caucasus number approximately 35,000 people, and live in Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Southern Russia. There are up to 15,000 in Georgia, 3500 in Armenia, up to 15,000 in southern Russia and 1400 in Azerbaijan. They are an ancient Semitic people, descendant from the ancient Mesopotamians. They are Eastern Rite Christians, mainly followers of the Assyrian Church of the East, and speak and write Mesopotamian Eastern Aramaic dialects.
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