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Aramaic, West in Syria

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
24,000	Western Neo-Aramaic	Islam	40.00 %	0.10 %	No	No

Aramaic, West in Syria

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Location in Country:

Rif Dimashq Governorate, Al-Qutayfah district; Qalamoun mountains, 50 km north of Damascus, Ma’lula, Bakh’a, and Jubb ’Adin villages.
(Source: Ethnologue 2016)

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People Name in Country:

Aramaic, West

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West Aramaic

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Population in Country:

24,000

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Ethnicity

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CMT31

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Language

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Primary Language:

(24,000 Speakers)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	40.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.10 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	60.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

Yes

New Testament:

2017

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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