Mesopotamian Arabic
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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.
Aliases (6)
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic dialect
→
spoken language → variety of Arabic → |
| alternativeName |
Iraqi Arabic
→
Mesopotamian Iraqi Arabic → |
| hasDialect |
Baghdadi Arabic
→
Christian Baghdadi Arabic → Gilit dialects → Jewish Baghdadi Arabic → Muslim Baghdadi Arabic → Northern Mesopotamian Arabic → Qeltu dialects → Southern Mesopotamian Arabic → |
| hasFeature |
/q/ realized as /g/ in many dialects
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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
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| influencedBy |
Akkadian
→
Aramaic → English → French → Kurdish → Persian → Turkish → |
| ISOStatus |
covered by Arabic macrolanguage
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| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
→
Semitic languages → |
| linguisticClassification |
Eastern Arabic dialect
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| majorityLanguageIn |
many regions of Iraq
→
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| neighboringDialectGroup |
Gulf Arabic
→
Levantine Arabic → |
| primaryCountry |
Iraq
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|
| region |
Iran
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Iraq → Mesopotamia → Syria → Turkey → |
| scriptVariant |
Arabic alphabet
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|
| spokenInCity |
Baghdad
→
Basra → Erbil → Karbala → Mosul → Najaf → Sulaymaniyah → |
| spokenInCountry |
Diaspora communities
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Iran → Iraq → Jordan → Kuwait → Saudi Arabia → Syria → Turkey → |
| standardBasedOn |
Modern Standard Arabic
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|
| subfamily |
Arabic
→
Central Semitic languages → |
| usedAlongside |
Modern Standard Arabic
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|
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Iraq
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|
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
→
|
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Mesopotamian Arabic
("Baghdadi Arabic")
→
Mesopotamian Arabic ("Southern Mesopotamian Arabic") → Mesopotamian Arabic ("Northern Mesopotamian Arabic") → Mesopotamian Arabic ("Muslim Baghdadi Arabic") → |
hasDialect |
|
Mesopotamian Arabic
("Iraqi Arabic")
→
Mesopotamian Arabic ("Mesopotamian Iraqi Arabic") → |
alternativeName |
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Southern Iraq
("Southern Mesopotamian Arabic")
→
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dialect |
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Arabic
→
|
hasDialectGroup |
|
Colloquial Arabic
("Iraqi Arabic")
→
|
includes |
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Arabs
("Iraqi Arabic")
→
|
includeSpeakersOf |
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Amarah
→
|
languageSpoken |
|
Iraqi American
("Iraqi Arabic")
→
|
languageUsed |