Iraq's Christians fight to save threatened ancient language

By Agence France-Presse

May 31, 2023 10:03 pm

BAGHDAD, Iraq: Iraq's shrunken and conflict-scarred Christian community is launching a new television channel as part of efforts to save their dying language, spoken for more than 2,000 years.

Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, has traditionally been the language spoken by Christians in Iraq and neighboring Syria, mostly in homes but also in some schools and during church services.

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