Some Assyrian people speak Indo-European languages.
In ancient times, Akkadian-speaking Assyrians have existed in what is now Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Lebanon, among other modern countries, due to the sprawl of the Neo-Assyrian empire in the region
The ancestral indigenous lands that form the Assyrian homeland are those of ancient Mesopotamia, a region currently divided between modern-day Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, and northeastern Syria

