Editing Syriac language (section)

=== Current status ===
[[File:Tabelayeke bi suryanî Dêra Zehferanê 2008.jpg|thumb|A warning sign in [[Mardin]], [[Turkey]]:
{|
! Syriac
! Turkish
|-
| {{lang|syc|ܫܬܩܐ ܒܒܥܘ}}<br>{{transliteration|syc|šeṯqā, b-ḇāʿū}}<br>'Silence, please')
| {{lang|tr|Lütfen! Sessiz olalım!}}<br>'Please! Let's be quiet!'
|} ]]
Revivals of literary Syriac in recent times have led to some success with the creation of newspapers in written Syriac ({{lang|syr|ܟܬܒܢܝܐ}} ''{{transliteration |syr|Kṯāḇānāyā}}'') similar to the use of [[Modern Standard Arabic]] has been employed since the early decades of the 20th century.{{clarify|date=September 2018|reason=Does the 20th century refer to Syriac or Arabic?}} Modern forms of literary Syriac have also been used not only in religious literature but also in secular genres, often with [[Assyrian nationalism|Assyrian nationalistic]] themes.{{sfn|Kiraz|2007|p=129-142}}

Syriac is spoken as the liturgical language of the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], as well as by some of [[Syriac Orthodox Christians (Middle East)|its adherents]].{{sfn|Watt|2009|p=58}} Syriac has been recognised as an official [[minority language]] in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anbori |first=Abbas |title=The Comprehensive Policy to Manage the Ethnic Languages in Iraq |pages=4–5 |url=http://www.turkmen.nl/1A_Others/minority-Iraq.pdf |access-date=2023-02-21}}</ref> It is also taught in some public schools in [[Iraq]], [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Syria]], [[Palestine]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Farhoud |first=Amira |date=2017-03-28 |title=Syriacs: Still Going Strong |url=https://bethbc.edu/blog/2017/03/28/syriacs-still-going-strong/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Bethlehem Bible College |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Israel]], [[Sweden]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Dorit |first=Shilo |title=The Ben Yehudas of Aramaic |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2010-04-01/ty-article/the-ben-yehudas-of-aramaic/0000017f-e2d2-d9aa-afff-fbdaaa3d0000 |access-date=2023-02-21 |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=2010-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Syriac... a language struggling to survive |url=http://admin.iraqupdates.net/p_articles.php/article/25518 |access-date=2023-02-21 |newspaper=Voices of Iraq |date=28 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330162150/http://admin.iraqupdates.net/p_articles.php/article/25518 |archive-date=30 March 2012}}</ref> [[Augsburg]] (Germany) and [[Kerala]] (India).

In 2014, an Assyrian [[preschool|nursery school]] could finally be opened in [[Yeşilköy]], [[Istanbul]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aina.org/news/20140910111521.htm |title=Assyrian School Welcomes Students in Istanbul, Marking a New Beginning |date=2014-09-10 |access-date=2023-02-21 |newspaper=Assyrian International News Agency}}</ref> after waging a lawsuit against the [[Ministry of National Education (Turkey)|Ministry of National Education]] which had denied it permission, but was required to respect non-Muslim minority rights as specified in the [[Treaty of Lausanne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/culture/2012/12/turkey-denies-assyrian-request-to-open-kindergarten.html |title=Turkey Denies Request to Open Assyrian-Language Kindergarten |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104151615/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/culture/2012/12/turkey-denies-assyrian-request-to-open-kindergarten.html |archive-date=2014-11-04 |access-date=2023-02-21}}</ref>

In August 2016, the Ourhi Centre was founded by the Assyrian community in the city of Qamishli, to educate teachers in order to make Syriac an additional language to be taught in public schools in the [[Jazira Region]] of the [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aranews.net/2016/08/syriac-christians-revive-ancient-language-despite-war-2/ |title=Syriac Christians revive ancient language despite war |publisher=[[ARA News]] |date=2016-08-17 |access-date=2023-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817064715/http://aranews.net/2016/08/syriac-christians-revive-ancient-language-despite-war-2/ |archive-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which then started with the 2016/17 academic year.<ref name=syriaclanguage>{{cite web |url=https://syrianobserver.com/news/25299/hassakeh_syriac_language_be_taught_pyd_controlled_schools.html |title=Hassakeh: Syriac Language to Be Taught in PYD-controlled Schools |publisher=The Syrian Observer |date=3 October 2016 |first=Zaman |last=al-Wasl |access-date=2023-02-21}}</ref>

In April 2023, a team of AI researchers completed the first AI translation model and website for classical Syriac.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syriac.IO – Translator |url=https://www.syriac.io/translate |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.syriac.io |language=en}}</ref>