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AYP ISO 639-3

Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

مصلاوي‎ (Maslawi) Autonym

A language of Iraq

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Maslawi, Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, Moslawi, Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic
Autonym
مصلاوي‎ (Maslawi)
Population
8,900,000 in Iraq (2020). Total users in all countries: 10,252,460.
Location:
Al Anbar, Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninawa, and Salah ad Din governorates: Tigris and Euphrates valleys north of Baghdad; An Najaf, Al Qadisiyah, and Babil governorates: border area northeast of An-Najaf.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in Kurdistan Region.
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects
Mardini Aramaic (Abdul-Massih, Jesrawi, Mardilli, Mardini), Tigris Group, Euphrates Group, Kurdistan Group. Reportedly very similar to Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd], but has important sociolinguistic differences. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Use
Used as L2 by Macho [hac], Shabak [sdb].
Language Development
Grammar. NT: 2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Other Comments
Muslim, Christian.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
4,590 in Belgium (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
57,100 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
404,000 in Jordan (2019).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
7,630 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
5,140 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
300,000 in Syria (1992).
Location
Al Hasakah governorate: Damascus toward north border with Turkey.
Dialects
Mardini Aramaic (Abdul-Massih, Jesrawi, Mardilli, Mardini), Euphrates Group.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Muslim, Christian.
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Language Name
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
User Population
574,000 in Turkey (2019).
Location
Batman, Mardin, Mus, Sanliurfa, Siirt, and Sirnak provinces.
Dialects
Mardini Aramaic (Abdul-Massih, Jesrawi, Mardilli, Mardini), Anatolian Group, Euphrates Group. Mardin Arabic mutually intelligible with Moslawi Arabic. Peripheral dialects spoken in Mus, Siirt, and Batman provinces are quite divergent (Jastrow 2015).
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Do not read Arabic. Muslim, Christian.
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Map

Location: Al Anbar, Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninawa, and Salah ad Din governorates: Tigris and Euphrates valleys north of Baghdad; An Najaf, Al Qadisiyah, and Babil governorates: border area northeast of An-Najaf.