Talk:Demographics of Syria
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[edit] non-Arab Middle East Christians
I think people should have a look at the doings of some anti-Arab Christian activists at the Assyrian-related articles. They even designed a totally inaccurate and propagandist Syriacs box, mentioning Maronites and Melkites as "Syriacs", thus non-Arabs, which I proposed for deletion here. Pylambert 23:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Arabs in Syria
What's wrong with saying most Syrians are Arabs? The Library of Congress says:
Accurate statistical breakdowns by language and ethnic group were unavailable in 1986, and estimates by authorities varied. Arabs, or native speakers of Arabic, were thought to constitute nearly 90 percent of the population, but Kurdish, Armenian, Turkic, and Syriac were also spoken. Arabs are divided into a number of religious communities. Arabic-speaking Sunni Muslims, who constitute the largest single group, account for slightly more than half the population.
—Khoikhoi 01:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I think excatly the same. In truth, the same can be said about most of the Northern Part of the mid-east, including Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan even. Virtually all arabs there were previously Aramaic-speaking and were Arabized, and are being referred to as 'Arabs' - infact most Arabs do not originate from the Arabian Peninsula Benduin Tribes. Either all articles there get changed, or this one does. Also there are no references or evidence for the statement they aren't arabs, but you seem to have evidence they are. I'll use common sense and change it to the by far most popular opinion that Syrians are 'Arabs'. Please Admins place source link to the source given above as I don't know how to do that. Thanks. Nabuchadnessar (talk) 17:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- Other Wikipedia articles can't be used as sources. Funkynusayri (talk) 17:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Map request
A population density map would be helpful. -- Beland 23:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ethnic group percentages
Different sections of wikipedia give different figures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians#Ethnic_groups gives the figures as 85% Arabs, 10% Kurds, 3% Assyrians, 2% other (mostly Armenians) This page, however, gives the figures as 90% Arabs, 5% Kurds, 5% other (mostly Armenians and Assyrians). Neither page cites sources, so if anyone has any reliable figures I think all the figures should be adjusted to be as consistent and accurate as possible. If this isn't feesible, then maybe mention of differing figures from different sources should be added in the appropriate places. Static Sleepstorm 19:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
