ACM ISO 639-3
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
اللهجة العراقية (allahjat aleiraqia) Autonym
A language of Iraq
- ISO 639
- acm
- Alternate Names
- Arabic, Baghdadi, Furati, Iraqi Arabic, Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic
- Autonym
- اللهجة العراقية (allahjat aleiraqia)
- Population
- 16,000,000 in Iraq (2020). Total users in all countries: 19,062,330.
- Location:
- Widespread. (Tigris and Euphrates area, southeast from Baghdad to Kuwait and Persian Gulf; An Anbar governorate: Al-Q’aim district, small area).
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- 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. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
- Typology
- SVO; 32 consonant phonemes.
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd], Mandaic [mid], Western Armenian [hyw].
- Language Development
- Radio. TV. Grammar. NT: 2005.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Yezidi.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Arab Emirates
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
38,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
73,100 in Australia (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Australia: 322,000 (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Belgium
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
8,140 in Belgium (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
42,600 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
101,000 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Finland
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
14,000 in Finland (2018). Total Arabic speakers in Finland: 29,500 (2018 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
19,200 in United Kingdom (2011). Total Arabic speakers in the United Kingdom: 159,000 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of India
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
59,400 in India (2011 census).
- Location
- Bushehr province: Deylam county; Khuzestan province: southwest Zagros mountains, Shatt al Arab river area.
- Dialects
- Khuzistani Arabic.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Iran
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
1,330,000 in Iran (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Jordan
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
1,000,000 in Jordan (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kuwait
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
19,000 in Kuwait (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Lebanon
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
23,700 in Lebanon (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Netherlands
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
41,500 in Netherlands (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
13,500 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of New Zealand
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
5,780 in New Zealand (2013). Total Arabic speakers in New Zealand: 10,700 (2013 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
9,110 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Ar Raqqah and Halab governorates: Buhayrat al Asad reservoir at center; Dayr az Zawr governorate: along the Euphrates; west Hamah, central Hims, and east Idlib governorates.
- Dialects
- Euphrates Cluster.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian, Jewish. View other languages of Syria
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
49,200 in Syria (2019).
- Location
- Sanliurfa province.
- Dialects
- Syrian Šāwi.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Turkey
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
112,000 in Turkey (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
64,600 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Yemen
Language Name
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
38,500 in Yemen (2018).
Map
Location: Widespread. (Tigris and Euphrates area, southeast from Baghdad to Kuwait and Persian Gulf; An Anbar governorate: Al-Q’aim district, small area).
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