Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Mhallami or Mhalmites (Arabic: محلّمى Mḥallamī; Syriac: ܡܚܠܡܝ̈ܐ Mḥallmāye/Mḥallmoye; Turkish: Mıhellemi) are a Semitic people originating from the Assyrian/Syriac people. They originally spoke Aramaic and were Eastern Rite Christians but are now primarily speakers of North Mesopotamian Arabic (qiltu variant) and Sunni Muslims of Shafi`i madh’hab.