Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

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A language of Iraq

ISO 639-3
ayp
Alternate Names
Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, Moslawi, Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic
Population

5,400,000 in Iraq (1992). Population total all countries: 6,300,000.

Location

Tigris, some Euphrates valleys north of Baghdad. Also in Jordan, Syria, Turkey.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in Kurdistan Region.

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

Very similar to Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd], but has important sociolinguistic differences.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Writing
Arabic script.
Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.

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