------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Kurds |Indo- |Mohammedan |Aryan |West of the | 1,500,000 | European| | lan- | Sakaria | | | | guages | river; | | | | | Kurdistan | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Lazis |Georgian |Mohammedan |Grusin- |Lazistan; | uncertain | branch | | ian | north of | | of the | | | Choruk Su, | | Caucaso-| | | around | | Thibetan| | | Riza | | peoples | | | | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Maronites |Armenoid |Christian |Arabic |Mt. Lebanon, | 350,000 | | | | Anti-Lebanon| ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Metauilehs |Probably |Shia |Arabic |Northern | under | Armenoid| | | Lebanon | 50,000 ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Nestorians |Armenoid |Christian |Syriac |Basin of the | 60,000 | | | | Great Zab; | | | | | valleys of | | | | | the Bohtan | | | | | and Khabar | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- New |Semitic |Christian |Syriac |Alkosh | uncertain Chaldeans | | | | | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Sabeans |Semitic |Christian |Syriac |Amara and | 3,000 | | | | Muntefik | | | | | sanjaks of | | | | | the Basra | | | | | vilayet | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Samaritans |Semitic |Hebrew |Hebrew |Near Nablus | 300 ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Syrians |Semitic |Christian |Arabic |Syria and | uncertain | | and | | Mesopotamia | | | Mohammedan | | | ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Tahtajis |Armenoid |Mohammedan |Turkish |Lycian mts. | 5,000 ------------+---------+------------+--------+-------------+----------- Tatars |Turki |Mohammedan |Turkish |Anatolia and | 25,000 | | | | Cilician |