Alternate Names: Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, Moslawi, Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic
Dialects: None known. Reportedly very similar to Judeo-Iraqi Arabic ,, but has important sociolinguistic differences. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in Kurdistan Region.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,400,000 in Iraq (1992). Population total all countries: 6,300,000.
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Iraq
Other Comments: Muslim, Christian.