Turoyo ( ܣܘܪܝܬ, Surayth) ,the mountain Aramaic, also known as Surayt, Suroyo, Suryoyo - is a Central Neo-Aramaic language spoken nowadays mainly by the diaspora by the Assyrian people, about 100 thousand. Turoyo in Mardin,SE Turkey Yellow-19nth century Orange-end of 1960s Origin It originally appeared in the Tur Abdin region of South-Eastern Turkey where few people speak it now mainly in the Mardin Province and Al-Hasanak governate in North-easternen Syria.It's name comes from the word turo for mountain. Name Turoyo is a term used by scholars for the sake of avoiding confusion with other Neo-Aramaic languages .Its speakers call it Surayth,Suroyo,Suryoyo,lishana Swaddaya and otherwise. Speakers It is mainly spoken by the diaspora after the Assyrian Genocide by the Neo-Turks and subsequent wars in the region which led to massive migration initially to Western Europe in the 1970s. It is estimated that Turoyo is spoken by about 100 thousand speakers and...