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Arameans

One Aramean People, Many Names

"Syriacs, the descendants of Aramean peoples, divided into a multitude of communities of different language and religion: Chaldeans, in Bagdad, Mossoul, Aleppo, Beirût, or Nestorians, speaking partly Syriac and partly Arabic. The Melchites speak Arabic, but belong to the Greek Church. The Jacobites, or Monophysites, speak Arabic and Syriac. The Maronites of the Lebanon and of Beirût speak Arabic and are Catholics."