Understanding the Assyrian Language & Providing Professional Assyrian Interpreters and Translators
Global Interpreting understands the importance of working in the Assyrian language. For over 10 years, Global Interpreting has worked with the Assyrian language as well as hundreds of other from around the word. We are a one stop full language service provider. Offering Over the Phone, Video Remote, Face to Face, Transcription, Document and Website Translation in 175 languages including American Sign Language (ASL) nation and worldwide.
Assyrian is a modern Eastern Neo-Aramaic language. Assyrian is neither to be confused with Assyrian Akkadian, nor the Old Aramaic dialect that was adopted as a lingua franca in Assyria in the 8th century BC. Although this latter Aramaic is also an Aramaic language, it is incomprehensible to speakers of the modern language. Originally, Assyrian was spoken in the area between Lake Urmia, north-western Iran, and Siirt, south-eastern Turkey, but it is now the language of a worldwide Assyrian diaspora. Most speakers are members of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East.
Assyrian is one of a number of modern Eastern Aramaic dialects spoken in the region between Lake Urmia in Iranian Azerbaijan and Mosul in northern Iraq. Jews and Christians speak different dialects of Aramaic that are often mutually unintelligible. The Christian dialects have been heavily influenced by the Syriac language, a dialect of Eastern Middle Aramaic, that became the literary and liturgical language of many churches in the Fertile Crescent. Therefore Christian Neo-Aramaic has a dual heritage: literary Syriac and colloquial Eastern Aramaic. The Christian dialects are often called Sûret, Syriac, or Sûryāya Swādāya, Colloquial Syriac. The name Assyrian is adopted by many, but not all, Aramaic-speaking Christian communities as a socio-political definition of a nation rather than a religious group. Russian linguists studied Assyrian as spoken by immigrant speakers in Georgia and Armenia at the end of the 19th century. They called the language Aysorskiy, from the Armenian name Asori. However, by the 1930s, the official name of the language in Russian had become Assyrian.
Assyrian is a modern Eastern Neo-Aramaic language. Assyrian is neither to be confused with Assyrian Akkadian, nor the Old Aramaic dialect that was adopted as a lingua franca in Assyria in the 8th century BC. Although this latter Aramaic is also an Aramaic language, it is incomprehensible to speakers of the modern language. Originally, Assyrian was spoken in the area between Lake Urmia, north-western Iran, and Siirt, south-eastern Turkey, but it is now the language of a worldwide Assyrian diaspora. Most speakers are members of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East.
Assyrian is one of a number of modern Eastern Aramaic dialects spoken in the region between Lake Urmia in Iranian Azerbaijan and Mosul in northern Iraq. Jews and Christians speak different dialects of Aramaic that are often mutually unintelligible. The Christian dialects have been heavily influenced by the Syriac language, a dialect of Eastern Middle Aramaic, that became the literary and liturgical language of many churches in the Fertile Crescent. Therefore Christian Neo-Aramaic has a dual heritage: literary Syriac and colloquial Eastern Aramaic. The Christian dialects are often called Sûret, Syriac, or Sûryāya Swādāya, Colloquial Syriac. The name Assyrian is adopted by many, but not all, Aramaic-speaking Christian communities as a socio-political definition of a nation rather than a religious group. Russian linguists studied Assyrian as spoken by immigrant speakers in Georgia and Armenia at the end of the 19th century. They called the language Aysorskiy, from the Armenian name Asori. However, by the 1930s, the official name of the language in Russian had become Assyrian.
Who are You Going to Trust with Vital Assyrian Language Needs?
The Assyrian language is an important language worldwide. It is vital to understand the general nature and specific idiosyncrasies of Assyrian. For over 10 years Global Interpreting has provided outstanding Assyrian translators, over the phone, face to face and conference interpreters nation and worldwide.