Tyari region

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The Tyari region is a historical Assyrian area in the Hakkari mountains of southeastern Turkey, known for its distinct tribal communities and preservation of the Tyari dialect of Neo-Aramaic.

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Tyari region canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian region
historical region
affectedBy Assyrian genocide
associatedPeople Tyari Assyrians
linked to: Tyari Assyrian
borderRegion near Iran
near Iraq
country Turkey
culturalHeritage Assyrian dance
Assyrian folk music
traditional Tyari costumes
culture Assyrian tribal customs
diasporaDestination Europe
Iraq
Syria
United States
ethnicGroup Assyrians
geographicalFeature rugged mountains
valleys
heritageStatus important to Assyrian identity
historicalEvent Assyrian genocide
historicalInhabitants Assyrian tribes
linked to: Assyrians
historicalLanguageUse liturgical Syriac
historicalPeriod Ottoman Empire
knownFor distinct tribal communities
preservation of the Tyari dialect of Neo-Aramaic
language Tyari dialect of Neo-Aramaic
linked to: Tyari Neo-Aramaic
languageFamily Neo-Aramaic
locatedIn Hakkari Province
linked to: Hakkâri

Hakkari mountains
linked to: Hakkari Mountains

southeastern Turkey
modernStatus largely depopulated of Assyrians
neighboringRegion Baz
Jilu
Tkhuma
partOf Assyrian homeland
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia
populationDisplacement early 20th century
religion Christianity
religiousCommunity Assyrian Church of the East
subdivision Lower Tyari
Upper Tyari
terrain mountainous
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
pastoralism
traditionalHousing stone houses
tribalStructure Tyari tribes

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyari dialect region Tyari region
Tyari Assyrian traditionalRegion Tyari region
Tyari Assyrian namedAfter Tyari region