Now in Mosul, Baghdad, Basrah, southeastern Iraqi Kurdistan. Also in Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Lebanon. Afro-Asiatic , Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern. The names 'Chaldean' and 'Assyrian' are sometimes each used in a popular sense to include both groups. Comprehension among all of these improves with contact.
Syriac script is used.
Bible portions 1992. Work in progress. Also in India, Egypt, Libya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan. A Gypsy language. People called 'Zott'.