Mesopotamian Arabic
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Mesopotamian Arabic (Arabic: لهجة بلاد ما بين النهرين) or Iraqi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة العراقية) is a group of varieties of Arabic spoken in the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq, as well as in Syria, southeastern Turkey, Iran, and Iraqi diaspora communities.[2]
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اللهجة العراقية | |
Native to | Iraq (Mesopotamia), Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, parts of northern and eastern Arabia |
Region | Mesopotamia, Cilicia |
Ethnicity | Mainly Iraqi Arabs also used as a L2 language by non Arab communities in the region |
Speakers | Gelet/South (acm): 17 million (2020)[1] Qeltu/North (ayp): 10 million (2020)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:acm – Geletayp – Qeltu |
Glottolog | meso1252 nort3142 |
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