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

North central concentration,Tigris and Euphrates valleys north of Baghdad, Salah ad Din, Al Anbar, Diyala, At Ta’mim, Ninawa, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah governorates; south enclave, northeast of An-Najaf, shared borders of An Najaf, Al Qadisiyah, and Babil governorates.

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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

None known. Reportedly very similar to Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd], but has important sociolinguistic differences. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Writing

Arabic script [Arab].

Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.

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