YHD ISO 639-3
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
A language of Israel
- ISO 639
- yhd
- Alternate Names
- Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Yahudic
- Population
- 94,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a). Total users in all countries: 97,200.
- Location:
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly not intelligible with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic [yud], Judeo-Tunisian Arabic [ajt], or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic [aju]. Reportedly similar to Baghdadi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic [acm]. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb].
- Language Use
- Adults only. Shifting to Hebrew [heb].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
- Writing
- Hebrew script [Hebr].
- Other Comments
- The term Yahudic is used by a few scholars to denote all Judeo-Arabic languages. Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
User Population
3,080 in United Kingdom (2011). Total Arabic speakers in the United Kingdom: 159,000 (2011 census).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Jewish. View other languages of Iraq
Language Name
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
User Population
120 in Iraq (1992 H. Mutzafi).
Map
Location: Scattered.
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