Languages and Linguistics

I didn't notice Assyrian listed. Either I missed it, or they don't have their own language any more. They have been around for 4000 years or so, and the Assyrian language that is recognized as such is closest to Aramaic and Hebrew.

I used to hang out with some Assyrians while I was in college in Philadelphia. When I first met them, and asked where they were from, they said, Iran, but they weren't Persians. I asked what then? When they said Assyrians, I thought I hadn't heard right, and said, you mean Syrians? They said no, Assyrians. I couldn't believe it. I asked, "As in Ashurbanipal and ziggurats?" BIG smiles. "So, you HAVE heard of us?" I said of course, I've heard of you. I took ancient history just like everybody else. I just didn't know that you guys had still been around for the last 2000 years!