Demography
The people are mostly Arabs. Kurds and Turkmen are found mostly in the northern districts. The Kurds are found mostly in Ifrīn and Ayn Al-Arab. The Turkmen live in about 140 villages, mostly in Al-Bāb, Jarāblus, and A'zāz. Other ethnic minorities also exist, mostly of Caucasian and Balkan stock. Armenians and Assyrian/Syriac Christians are found in the cities.
Most people are Sunni Muslim except for the Armenians and Assyrian/Syriac Christians, who are Christian of different denominations. A few Arabs are Shia Muslim, Alawite, or Christian. The Shia Arabs live in a handful of villages to the west of Aleppo. The Alawites and Christians live in Aleppo city.
The Arabs speak the North Syrian dialect of Arabic, which is a transitional dialect between Syrian and Mesopotamian Arabic. Bedouinic influence is evident in the language and culture of the Arabs. The Bedouinic influence increases steadily from west to east, until it reaches a peak in the easternmost parts. People in Raqqa, although sedentary, are plain Bedouins in terms of language and culture.
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