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Chaldean diaspora

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[[File:Chaldean_People_of_Mesopotamia_Iraq,_Syria,_Iran_and_Turkey_2015-05-06_00-11.jpg|thumbnail|Chaldean People of Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey]]
The '''Chaldean''' [[diaspora]] (''Galuta''{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}) refers to the estimated population of [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] ''ethnic'' [[Chaldean people|Chaldeans]] who share a common language of Chaldean [[Eastern Aramaic]] and ancient [[Mesopotamia]] in-[[ Chaldean]] ancestry who migrated outside of their original Mesopotamian [[Chaldean Attraction Attractions Map|homeland]] of [[Iraq]], northwest [[Iran]], northeast [[Syria]] and southeast [[Turkey]].<ref>"The Chaldean Assyrian Syriac People of Iraq: An Ethnic Identity Problem: by Shak Hanish http://www.syriacstudies.com/2013/02/04/the-chaldean-assyrian-syriac-people-of-iraq-an-ethnic-identity-problem-shak-hanish/</ref>
They are a [[Semitic people|Semitic]] [[Christian]] people, with most being members of the [[Chaldean Church of the East]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], and [[Ancient Church of the East]].