Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

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A language of Iraq

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Arabic, Baghdadi, Furati, Iraqi Arabic, Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic, Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic
Population

11,500,000 in Iraq. Population total all countries: 15,100,000.

Location

Tigris and Euphrates area. Also in Iran, Jordan, Syria, Turkey.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Anatolian Cluster, Euphrates Cluster, Tigris Cluster. Geographical and sectarian divisions correlate with Iraqi dialects. The vernacular standard based on Baghdad speech. Also Bedouin dialects. Nearly unintelligible to speakers of certain other vernacular Arabic varieties. Anatolian Cluster in Turkey.

Typology

SVO

Language Development
Radio programs. TV.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
Writing
Arabic script.
Other Comments

Muslim (Shi’a), Muslim (Sunni), Christian, Jewish, Yezidi.

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