Alternate Names: Arabic, Baghdadi, Furati, Iraqi Arabic, Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic, Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic
Dialects: Anatolian Cluster, Euphrates Cluster, Tigris Cluster. Geographical and sectarian divisions correlate with Iraqi dialects. The vernacular standard based on Baghdad speech. Also Bedouin dialects. Nearly unintelligible to speakers of certain other vernacular Arabic varieties. Anatolian Cluster in Turkey. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto national working language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,500,000 in Iraq. Population total all countries: 15,100,000.
Language Development: Radio programs. TV.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Iraq
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Iraq
Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a), Christian, Jewish, Muslim (Sunni), Yezidi.