Mesopotamian Arabic

E10372
Arabic dialect spoken language variety of Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic is a major variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Iraq and neighboring regions, characterized by distinctive phonological and grammatical features that set it apart from other Arabic dialects.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Mesopotamian Arabic canonical 6
Iraqi Arabic 4
Southern Mesopotamian Arabic 3

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic dialect ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ
variety of Arabic ⓘ
alternativeName Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian Iraqi Arabic
hasDialect Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baghdadi Arabic

Christian Baghdadi Arabic ⓘ
Gilit dialects ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Baghdadi Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muslim Baghdadi Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Mesopotamian Arabic

Qeltu dialects ⓘ
Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mesopotamian Arabic
hasFeature /q/ realized as /g/ in many dialects ⓘ
distinct second person pronoun forms ⓘ
distinctive grammar compared to other Arabic dialects ⓘ
distinctive phonology compared to other Arabic dialects ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
loanwords from Persian and Turkish ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
retention of interdentals in some sub‑dialects ⓘ
rich verbal aspect system ⓘ
urban and rural dialect differentiation ⓘ
use of analytic genitive constructions ⓘ
use of preverbal particles for tense and aspect ⓘ
vowel harmony tendencies in some dialects ⓘ
hasSpeakers millions of speakers ⓘ
influencedBy Akkadian ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkish ⓘ
ISOStatus covered by Arabic macrolanguage ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Eastern Arabic dialect ⓘ
majorityLanguageIn many regions of Iraq ⓘ
neighboringDialectGroup Gulf Arabic ⓘ
Levantine Arabic ⓘ
primaryCountry Iraq ⓘ
region Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
scriptVariant Arabic alphabet ⓘ
spokenInCity Baghdad ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
Erbil ⓘ
Karbala ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
spokenInCountry Diaspora communities ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
standardBasedOn Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
subfamily Arabic ⓘ
Central Semitic languages ⓘ
usedAlongside Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in Iraq ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → alternativeName → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → alternativeName → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian Iraqi Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → hasDialect → Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baghdadi Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → hasDialect → Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Mesopotamian Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → hasDialect → Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamian Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic → hasDialect → Mesopotamian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muslim Baghdadi Arabic
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Arabic
Iraqi American → languageUsed → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Arabic
southern Iraq → dialect → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
this entity surface form: Southern Mesopotamian Arabic
Amarah → languageSpoken → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
Hillah, Iraq → languageSpoken → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
subject surface form: Hillah
Peninsular Arabic → contrastedWith → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
Bedouin Arabic → hasDialect → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian Bedouin Arabic
Iraqi Marsh Arabs → dialect → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Mesopotamian Arabic
Samawah → hasLanguageUse → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
Marsh Arabs → languageVariety → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Mesopotamian Arabic
Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ