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Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

A language of Iraq

ISO 639-3: ayp

Population	5,400,000 in Iraq (1992). Population total all countries: 6,300,000.
Region	Tigris, part of the Euphrates valleys north of Baghdad. Also in Jordan, Syria, Turkey (Asia).
Language map	Iraq
Alternate names	Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, Moslawi, Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic
Dialects	Very similar to Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd], but with important sociolinguistic differences.
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia).
Comments	Muslim, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Syria

Language name	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Population	300,000 in Syria (1992).
Region	Far eastern Syria.
Language map	Jordan and Syria
Alternate names	Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, Moslawi, Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic
Comments	Muslim, Christian.

Turkey (Asia)

Language name	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Population	400,000 in Turkey (1992).
Region	Mardin and Siirt provinces.
Alternate names	Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic
Language use	Also use Turkish [tur].
Comments	Do not read Arabic. Agriculturalists; small shops, businesses. Muslim, Christian.

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