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The majority of Syrian Arabs speak a variety of dialects belonging to Levantine Arabic.Arab tribes and clans of Bedouin descent are mainly concentrated in the governorates of al-Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and eastern Aleppo, forming roughly 30% of the total population and speaking a dialect related to Bedouin and Najdi Arabic.
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Ethnic and religious groups % of Syrian population [51] Notes [51] Syrian Arabs: 80–85%: The Arabs form the majority in all districts except for the Al-Hasakah Governorate. Kurds: 10%: The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims, with a Yazidi minority; concentrated in Syrian Kurdistan region and major urban centres outside that region. Turkmen ...
The idioms Syrian and Greek were used by Rome to denote civic societies instead of separate ethnic groups. [79] Ancient Syria of the first millennium BC was dominated by the Aramaeans; [80] they originated in the Northern Levant as a continuum of the Bronze Age populations of Syria. [81]
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Related ethnic groups Kawliya The Domari-speaking (or rather, historically speaking) community in Syria, commonly identified as Dom and Nawar , is estimated to number 100–250,000 [ 1 ] or 250–300,000 people. [ 2 ]
The international community, including the US, has called on the new Syrian leaders to respect the rights of ethnic minorities, but their long-term approach towards minority groups remains to be seen.
The second-largest ethnic group in Syria are the Kurds. They constitute about 9% [346] to 10% [5] of the population, or approximately 2 million people (including 40,000 Yazidis [5]). Most Kurds reside in the northeastern corner of Syria and most speak the Kurmanji variant of the Kurdish language. [346]