Assyrian: Endangered language of an Endangered people | Nineb Lamassu | TEDxNishtiman

[@dahliathereader2872]

Proud to be Assyrian ❤️

[@perperson199]

God bless your people

[@dahliathereader2872]

Per Person thank you 🤗

[@tinybeast4781]

❤️❤️assyrians will rise again,They will become great again❤️

[@kezey6977]

@@dahliathereader2872 i am also Proud Assyrian

[@fyoum]

I’m proud to be one too!!

[@aliismael1510]

Assyrians Native speakers must spread the language and create a curriculum for learning it. I am an Iraqi, who started learning Assyrian because i felt this is my responsibility.

[@margaretsebastian4274]

Interesting to know, my Father's family is Syrian India

[@allinwarda5894]

How's it going with learning it?

[@allinwarda5894]

I'm native Assyrian

[@mrgeography82]

Almost 25 million subscribers and only 8,000 views. This is very sad considering how old and unique this nation and language is. Speaking in Assyrian: ܐܫܘܪܝܐ ܗܠ ܡܘܬܐ

[@thegeneral2330]

You said “Assyrian until death”

[@user-zg8mr9rp9o]

How did you get that text

[@matthewssah]

@@user-zg8mr9rp9o its on iphone

[@Fatkidlovecake]

assyrians need to stop idolizing pegan symbols. They need to completely change their flag

[@InannaMardokh]

So proud of you Rabbi Neneb lamassu... we need more people like you in our Nation and I hope the Assyroligest will help us to keep this shuraya alive ( the beginning alive)

[@dahliathereader2872]

Israel Assyria Rabbi means teacher

[@alphabeta86]

I think you meant assyriologist

[@VanWilshere2134]

How this only has 500 views is beyond me...

[@tiroxtop2297]

bani99 this is beyoooooond me

[@zirox01k91]

bani99 beeeeeeyoooond me

[@perperson199]

@Nathan Christensen I don't see you fighting the good fight

[@silyima]

@Nathan Christensen Assyrians white? You realise Assyrians are middle easterners rights? We all have a mix of dark and white skin. Also, india is one of the ancient mother homes of assyria, as many bishops and people moved there due to orders from the ancient church.

[@AMOFOUR4x]

Wow...good job on making it on TedX. Needs views!

[@lunaforjustice]

I am deeply saddned with your suffering but impressed with your rich history and determination to preserve your identity and culture. Love and support from Croatia.

[@Nahrin_Assyrian]

❤❤❤ HRVATSKA 🇭🇷

[@omtadavid4931]

So proud to be Assyrian - thank you Nineb 😊 ❤️ 🙏

[@stellakina6977]

Proud to be Assyrian. Thank you for the great talk, Rabbi Neneb lamassu.

[@historyofassyriatv]

Thank you rabi Nineb for the great informations

[@EstherShirzadeh]

Thank you i am very happy to hear you talking god bless

[@joekanon2943]

Thank you TEDx Talks, Thank you Nineb for the valuable presentation. I hope someday will come, then we will recover our holy language.

[@bridge30b24]

I am so happy it is accessible to us who are PROUDLY ASSYRIAN. My Grandfather came from Persia . When my father would tell me stories (of the old country )that my grandfather would tell him, I wasn't listening enough. Thank you for this video.

[@eduardoADSL]

I thought the assyrian language was long extinct before the middle ages, following the news in this past war in Armenia I found out assyrians still around. I hope the language can recover and receive its due respect for enduring all this time!

[@GokuBlackkkkkk]

The old Assyrian language (Akkadian) is extinct yes. This is Assyrian Neo-Aramaic that we speak, our language is also known/called Syriac. Many just call it Assyrian but it is in fact an Neo-Aramaic language and it has some influence from the old Assyrian language (Akkadian).

[@gautampram]

Assyrian is the main liturgical language in some of the Syrian Malankara churches in southern India

[@pauliewalnuts2007]

Fantastic presentation. Thank you Nineb

[@tonyron1959]

I’m assyrian and proud

[@mary-bg6lh]

I understand everything he was saying in the beginning

[@ytech7219]

same

[@BinelRaihana]

Same

[@fahadnajeeb7257]

Same

[@tiroxtop2297]

Mary Namrood mur ballaha

[@annabelle371]

I didn’t😭 I be trying to learn but I only know like basics I don’t know every word💔

[@RealEntertainemnt4u]

Well done Nineb Lamassu you are awsome. I'm super proud of you.

[@MBuilds-d9x]

I'm Assyrian!!!!

[@AdamIshak01]

The TedX about Muslim women and their hijabs has 5.4 million views. This is not even close to 100,000 unfortunately even though he did a very good job at presenting. Tedx doesn’t even bother to comment on their own video. Where’s the support?

[@passerby4278]

why so bitter about the hijab? and for the views not being high , it is literally the embodiment of peoples interest. its not under ted x's control . ps i love the Aramaic language and people

[@AdamIshak01]

@@passerby4278 It’s not being bitter. It’s a comparison since both people are from the same region but the support is different cause one video is easier to find than the other which effects the view count. True- TedX doesn’t control people’s interest, but they do control what videos they have advertised and promote on other platforms like Instagram and Twitter. TedX controls the tags they use for their videos. There are no tags on this videos so it’s harder to search and find for people who are interested on the topic which is not fair.

[@Oromoye]

@@AdamIshak01 So one of the first obligations to do is to share it with friends our selves.

[@AdamIshak01]

@@Oromoye Yes I have. I always sent this to my friends when they ask what I speak and how. I also have reposted this video many times on social media and use it as resource for my language and history papers so multiple professors see it as well, but it would also help if people with bigger followings who can reach larger groups of mass people share as well :)

[@nahrainb9019]

Think of how many Assyrians there are vs. the amount of Muslim people in the world. I feel like this could be why this video did not get as much attention as it should have but just doing your part in sharing with friends or family could help 🙂

[@ellielinton410]

LOVE YOU LAMASSU ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love every piece of your work❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mattmoney6654]

I love being Assyrian

[@Martarini]

Proud Assyrian here ❤ we have a big community here in Canada near Toronto many weddings, parties and cultural celebrations like Nusardil!

[@robertjacob5dmk3]

long live assyrians

[@matthewabdar5803]

one reason for me, i wanna be able to speak such an awesome language

[@eligal444]

Very proud to be Assyrian and speak one of the oldest languages ❤

[@mikers3580]

FREE ASSYRIA

[@suadmanna7353]

Good job. Nineb Lamassu

[@stochasticdifferentialeq.1393]

Assyrian Pride

[@user-qy7gy3sx4v]

Assyria ❤️

[@bababeats1572]

So sad our language is dying....I wish there were more movies etc. in our language....

[@Beautiful2012redbird]

This is fantastic

[@DavisDawod]

God bless you Assyrian great brother

[@isara6653]

Proud to be married to an Assyrian 🩵

[@neenabzamro3759]

well done rabbi ninib

[@TwentyEightStreetMedia]

I’m learning from my girlfriend. Her dialect is from the east of Syria. Hard to find a way to study

[@Ivyonblond]

I love his haha petros shirt I’m an Assyrian :)

[@Nd23540]

god bless

[@goodmorningdenmark3684]

God bless You Nice nice ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Qatmarella]

20 million subscribers and only 4,000 views for this video. Embarrassing.

[@perperson199]

A great cause of civilization

[@canyaman7967]

I will try to learn after english.

[@mattmoney6654]

He has an Assyrian and Australian accent

[@ninveh1]

Sureth, suroyo the two dialekts of assyrian Language. We are not Arameans. We are Assyrians the children of northern Mesopotamia not the children of Yordan.

[@simonmalki585]

Do you consider maronites as part of our people?

[@jamesr.g.2320]

Simon Malki no. Maronites are not.

[@simonmalki585]

@@jamesr.g.2320 dont they speak syriac too

[@geo_ad04]

@@simonmalki585 then who are the arameans

[@simonmalki585]

destroyer 1337 Arameans were a ancient semitic group that inhabited most of the Middle East but never had a unified state but tribes like Aram Damascus. They later became assimilated in to the Assyrian empire and the Assyrians later made Aramaic the official language of the empire, same with the Chaldean (Babylonian) and Persian empires. Some Syriacs/Syrians/Assyrians consider themselves as Arameans and reject any notion of a Assyrian identity (mostly are members of the Syriac Orthodox Church).

[@elinsoderqvist3695]

I want to learn Assyrian Neo-Aramaic so badly but there's hardly any resources

[@calebchapman7783]

Ikr!

[@quill404]

I’m Assyrian but I don’t know the language and yknow this is making me realize I should probably learn it 😬

[@elianao5091]

​@@quill404 Hey! The app Mango has Chaldean Aramaic for free

[@elianao5091]

Hey! The app Mango has Chaldean Aramaic for free

[@AshSatoshi489]

Move to places that have Assyrian people. If not email the guy that made this lecture. God bless

[@eugeniovitoavenido3402]

Assyria once a military powerhouse and invaded many anicient empires.

[@Nahrin_Assyrian]

Yes many empires did so even today

[@SarghonJindo]

Assyrian for ever

[@davidd2053]

I like this guy. Thank you for calling our language by the right name which is ASSYRIAN / SURIT / ASHURIT and not "Aramaic". The term "Aramaic" is foreign to Assyrians but has been promoted heavily by Anti-Assyrian agendas.

[@cizlol]

What is wrong with you? Nobody is against the Assyrians or the assyrian language. Jesus Christ people like you are the reason there is NO unity between the Chaldeans, Assyrians and Syriacs... ASSYRIAN NEO-ARAMAIC is the LANGUAGE you speak at home if you are ASSYRIAN.

[@isind7398]

@@cizlol Actually it's because the Assyrian nation is infested with people like you that we will get no where. I pray every night to my Lord and God Ashur to cleanse Assyrian nation of people like you.

[@davidd2053]

​@@cizlol You obviously don't have a drop of real Assyrian blood within you. If you did, you would not call my ancestors pagan dogs. I have seen many "Assyrian" DNA results of people like you and what I found interesting is most of them have some Mizrahi Jewish DNA. They all had some Anti-Assyrian ideology like you. I am willing to bet you you do too. It's not your fault, I don't blame you. It's just in your DNA to be Anti-Assyrian. All I can recommend is for you to go back to your Jewish ancestors in Israel.

[@benavraham4397]

I've never met anyone who was "anti-Assyrian." As I see it, the biggest problem in the English-speaking world, is that nobody hardly has ever even heard of modern Assyrians. Assyrians need to make thier very existence well known. What makes Assyrians any different from Hittites or Elamites? Hardly anyone knows that Assyrians have survived to this day. Aramaic is something that people have heard of, and if you tell people Aramaic is still alive, it arouses interest, and then you can tell the story of the Assyrian people that posseses this unique heritage. You don't recognize "Kurdistan"? I see your point. Unfortunately, very few people have any idea what your talking about. I've heard how Assyrians are being driven from thier land family by family, by Muslims who speak Kurdish. (Are the Kurds modern Medeans?) I don't understand why the free world is so sympathetic toward Palestinians and so cold-hearted toward thier fellow Christians of the Middle East? Don't you think that Americans all should know that Christians have been in Iraq long before Muslims? And that those Christians are being persecuted? There should be much more sympathy for Assyria in the Weat today! As for Hebrew since Babylon, many people call Rabbinic Hebrew "Hebrew-Aramaic."

[@John11121]

@@cizlol i dont mean to be rude or offensive by this comment, but we dont need unity between assyrian, syriac, and chaldean people. if we are not the same people, then we dont need unity. respect? yes of course. but unity? no, w are different people with different histories. the only thing we should have unity on is fighting for equal rights, and civil rights in the middle eastern countries. and that is something we should have unity with all middle eastern people. well, the moderates, at least

[@SarghonJindo]

❤❤❤

[@m.s.391]

BASAMA GANUKH

[@HyperVectra]

Where is the video, TedX? This is another example how this language is dying. Someone should post the whole clip

[@Randomfactory56]

I’m Assyrian 3rd gen in America I know nothing of the language I wish I could find resources to learn…

[@user-ex2pc1up7h]

We need to free ourselves from iraq.

[@tiroxtop2297]

ܐܫܘܪ mot mara?

[@shahinkurdistan5074]

Love from your Kurdish brother we are the oldest friends in middle east we fought together and against eachother still you have my respect

[@jerryjohanan1940]

Second generation Christian Assyrian from Indiana USA with love my brother

[@jwanitaashur1235]

روعة رابي

[@josephsyrian6196]

It's name in all the world Syriac language

[@Nahrin_Assyrian]

That is your language You cannot force a language from Aram onto Assyrian in Assyria

[@sonofakkad]

Assyrian ❤️🤍💙

[@genesis2936]

Just a clarification, I’m not aware of a Chaldean or Assyrian language; however, there is the Assyrian “dialect” of the Aramaic language, there is the “Chaldean” dialect and the “Galilee” dialect which was spoken by the most important figure in the last two millennials and you guessed it our lord Jesus Christ. Different dialects and / or accents of Aramaic was inevitable bcz of the large area it covered, the distance between Nineveh or Babylon to Jerusalem, Nazareth or Galilee is vast even by today’s standards, in fact was pretty much the “known world” yet in fact maintained its integrity with a few local words here and there and to be expected. I can speak it decently but no reading/writing not even the 22 letter alphabet, it’s normally reserved for the clergy. My parents decided NOT to speak Aramaic with me and five siblings citing we’d benefit far more with English versus a semi-extinct language. I can see the validity of their well intended decision even though they spoke it amongst themselves and all the relatives, so we learned it regardless.

[@jerryjohanan1940]

Assyrian Christian from Indiana second generation

[@margaretsebastian4274]

I want to Learn this language

[@margaretsebastian4274]

Language and culture go hand in hand

[@margaretsebastian4274]

How to go about it

[@laliberte5740]

Mango languages has Aramaic for free

[@jamesdelk8926]

Even galic sounds Assyrian by Irish

[@yosep7956]

Shlama lokhn

[@ninaisaac4890]

☦️✝️🙏🤩😍❤️

[@aiowejdfkjkdnki4889]

any Assyrian cousin could help me with learning Aramaic, Please 💙💛

[@pjdilip]

Is this same as the language that Syriac Christians in Kerala use?

[@benavraham4397]

"Light" in Aramaic? That would be NEHORA in the Talmud etc. Jews of Kurdistan also spoke modern Aramaic until they came to Israel in 1950. The generation born in Israel all speaks Hebrew now. Only the Assyrian Christians remain to keep spoken Aramaic going. The first thing to save Aramaic is that people simply bring up the subject in conversations, that Aramaic is still spoken, and that the people who speak it are called Assyrians or Claldeans. People should talk about the fact that there are ancient Christian communities in the Middle East and that they are being driven out by persecuton. What is Aramaic? For one thousand years, Aramaic was THE major language from the Mediterranian Sea to the Persian Gulf. Since the Arab/Muslim conquest in the early Middle Ages, Aramaic has gradually been supplanted by Arabic. Aramaic has always been written in the same 22-letter Alphabet as Hebrew, although the shapes of the letters can appear entirely different in its later forms. Aramaic is very close to Hebrew and has exactly the same pronunciation. 70% Aramaic resembles Hebrew. (Arabic is 30% like Hebrew). Good luck with keeping Aramaic alive! One more thing: modern Mosul is ancient Neveveh where the prophet Jonah went.

[@davidd2053]

Our language is called Surit / Ashurith / Assyrian and not "Aramaic". Stop your anti-Assyrian agenda. Even your Talmud calls your writing system as Ashurit or Ashshurith (Assyrian).

[@aftermath5147]

In Assyrian, we say nuhra/ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ/נוהרא or bahra/ܒܲܗܪܵܐ/בהרא for light.

[@benavraham4397]

@@aftermath5147 Thank you. Doesn't it appear that the Syriac alphabet is the origin of the Arabic alphabet?

[@benavraham4397]

@@davidd2053 Why is it important to distinguish "Assyrian" from "Aramaic"?

[@davidd2053]

@@benavraham4397 Because we ourselves do not call our language "Aramaic". It is a term that has been promoted by foreigners and unfortunately some Assyrians have started calling it "Aramaic" because it's a more recognized name. We in fact don't speak "Aramaic". A real Aramaic speaker would not understand a modern Assyrian and vice versa. There may be a few words that are the same but majority of it is different. Some people think that we should call modern Assyrian language "Aramaic" because they think it was derived from it, if that is the case then why is not call Hebrew "Aramaic" ? Why not call Arabic "Aramaic"? ... We use the term "Surit" or "Ashurit" for our language. Why is the holy script of the Jews called "Ktav Ashurit" not "Ktav Arameet"? Since Jews lived with Assyrians in ancient Assyria, they must have called it what the the Assyrians were calling it from back then which is "Ashurit".

[@SmartAlec506]

ATOURAYA

[@claudiobrasilpolska9137]

How similar Assyrian language is to Hebrew and Arabic?

[@sibraham]

The Assyrian alphabet and Hebrew alphabet sounds almost identical.

[@dinomisho2061]

They are both of Aramaic roots. They split and became dialects. Dont quote me this is just my theory as they share an alphabet with the Aramaic language which was the lingua defranca of the time.

[@Prod_D]

Is your crowd mainly Soriah ? Or are there a lot of other people too ???

[@davidd2053]

The crowd of Tedx has all different nationalities.

[@abely4223]

Its not soriah, its suriya

[@EliasAlucard]

Here's a crazy idea: start writing Assyrian Neo-Aramaic in the Latin alphabet. No Assyrian (myself included), is going to bother learning to read in abjad alphabets (which lack vowels aside from aleph, and aside from that isn't exactly user friendly to read).

[@Jezza-i3n]

Am Ashur chaiya

[@UvalU]

Achoni. Raba basimta lishana deni. Ana Hozaya skina gu Israel edyo. Abuyi wa yemi selo min Zacho. Edyo Raba hozaeh assuraya ilu gu israel. I think you should up your aim and goal. There should be the establishment of the state of Ashur! Yes it is absolutely possible! If you only want to. Take example from the Jewish people struggle. They lost their land, persecuted, exiled, lost their spoken language yet got the miracle going again and the rebirth of Israel and the Jewish people in their historic land began. You should know you have the most loyal part of your people here in israel. Proud Assyrians Jewish people. I assure you, Israel will be the first to help in the establishment of the new state of Ashur. Make the dream reality. The time is now. It's also a biblical prophecy. As my parents and grandparents always say: "Elaha havee emochon. " May God be with you always. ❤

[@oneminutefixed5003]

The guy is actually called lamassu, wonder if that's just a coincidence

[@torenreshyopolous6081]

Assyrians started adopting ancient assyrian names after the rise of popularity of their nationalism.

[@jamesr.g.2320]

Toren Reshyopolous so did Greeks and Armenians. Ancient pagan names were not common among any of the aforementioned groups because of their association with paganism.

[@codewithme7226]

"Assyrian language" lol according to big linguists like Klaus Beyer, Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer, Rudolf Macúch and many more, the language is called Aramaic and a synonym to it is Syriac.

[@ashur4348]

Yes, Assyrians speak aramaic so its an assyrian language dated back to ancient assyria. But there are many different dialogues. Assyrian aramaic, chaldean aramaic, syriac aramaic.

[@mryonan5865]

Assyrian Aramaic have Akkadian influences

[@mourisbofficial4248]

Assyria is occupied by Kurdish. Free Assyria !,!!!!!!!!!

[@mehmetdereroberer5553]

Shlomo I m Kurdish from mardin tur abdin i speak turoyo aramaic. Tihe suret suroyo

[@surethsongs1]

ܚܝܝܬ ܐܙܝܙܐ❤

[@josephsyrian6196]

It's name in Iraq Syriac language lishana suryaya

[@connormurphy683]

Assyrian sounds a little like Hebrew but more Semitic

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

It is not Assyrian! It is (Neo-Assyrian) Aramaic! A nothwestern Semitic Cananite language, which means that Hebrew and Aramaic are Identical. Assyrian was an Eastern Semitic language (alongside Babylonian) but it got changed with Aramaic in late Assyrian-Empire period. Hence some people mistakenly think it is Assyrian, whereas it's Aramaic.

[@connormurphy683]

@@LionKing-ew9rm The Eastern Semitic language that Assyrians spoke in ancient times was not unique either. They spoke Akkadian, which was shared with other Mesopotamian peoples. I know it's an Aramaic variety, but I called it Assyrian seeing as it's a wide dialect continuum, they have a distinct ethnic identity from other Aramaic-speaking peoples, and that's how it's referred to in this video and in revival movements.

[@connormurphy683]

@@LionKing-ew9rm Also Aramaic is not a Canaanite language. Northwest Semitic is defined as consisting of Aramaic and the Canaanite languages.

[@davidd2053]

It is An Assyrian language. If you ask an Assyrian what language they speak (in Assyrian)? They will answer with SURIT. Surit is obviously from Ashurit. A normal Assyrian would hardly understand a word from the real "Aramaic". Even around 20-30 years ago 99% of Assyrians would have not heard of the word "Aramaic", however Anti-Assyrians have been heavily been promoting the name "Aramaic". Unfortunately some Assyrians have fallen for this brainwashing anti-Assyrian agenda of calling our language "Aramaic" because they claim Jesus spoke "Aramaic" and they think it's "kool". Our language has always been called surit / ashurit. Even when the jews left Assyria they called their writing Ashurit, which proves Assyrians called their language Ashurit from ancient times.

[@benavraham4397]

@@davidd2053 Good luck with advancing Assyrian identity and language! However Assyrians never had a monopoly on the Aramaic language. The Arameans in Syria, the Babylonians and eventual the Jews shared in Aramaic. 30% of the Talmud is in Aramaic, and Hebrew since the Babylon exile has been inseperable from Aramaic. Jews in Kurdistan spoke modern Aramaic until they came to Israel. Be glad that you have comrads!

[@nole8923]

Well, looks like you guys need to get busy making more babies. 😄

[@FranNoesse]

NO. Not endangered. Hidden.

[@TheRolly11]

💯

[@jamesdelk8926]

Yes even today's Germans should have Assyrian language back they got too much mixed language untangled but mostly Assyrian sticks out like sore thumb even though inter Slavic mixed since ethnic German genocide their mixed language even dwindling went to some mid east region the Germans dwindling like your people which are Germans ancestors you claim to be some claim to be

[@bowbow3126]

E_mo_gie

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

Food monoculture is bad, but a human monoculture of one language and culture, would be a boring world. 😐

[@jamesdelk8926]

Sounds German almost Germans they say and philidelphia church say they are

[@chrisbennett606]

Not interested where the real ancient Egyptian language Go document the real Egyptian language Who were the real Egyptian people How did Sudan become Arab what happened to the Sudanese language Where the real Egyptian language before the Arabs and Greeks

[@droopychiko4663]

🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@codewithme7226]

false information. there were never a language called ”Assyrian language” lmao they speak Aramaic

[@roses.4684]

We do not call our language Aramaic. It is evolution of the linguistic symbiosis of ancient Akkadian and the Aramaic adopted by the Assyrian Empire. Try again.

[@silyima]

@@ashur3504 We called it akkadu and akkadi, so same thing.

[@duniyaabuayash5565]

And Palestine? Jesus spoke Aramaic, you've got to be kidding me 😂

[@CCI320]

palestine doesn't exist its not even a a semetic word

[@marinaSassygUrl88]

Assyrian ❤️❤️