Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans are American citizens of Assyrian descent. The United States constitutes the largest population of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people in the diaspora. They are a Semitic, Aramaic speaking Christian people who descend from the ancient Mesopotamians. Almost all are followers of the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Ancient Church of the East, the Syriac Orthodox Church (15,700), and the Syriac Catholic Church, the remainder are members of various Assyrian Protestant churches.
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