Cascade
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According to Ethnologue, there are 232,300 speakers, but yet Assyrians as an ethnic group are around 4,250,000+.
How does that make sense? Are you telling me that only 200K of 4 million speak the language? I really doubt this. Most Assyrians, excluding younger folks, are decent Assyrian speakers. The Assyrians who can't speak the language are pretty much the minority on average. I would personally estimate that Assyrian speakers are around 1-2 million at best.
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/aii/
How does that make sense? Are you telling me that only 200K of 4 million speak the language? I really doubt this. Most Assyrians, excluding younger folks, are decent Assyrian speakers. The Assyrians who can't speak the language are pretty much the minority on average. I would personally estimate that Assyrian speakers are around 1-2 million at best.
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/aii/