Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi

YHD

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Alternate Names: Arabi, Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Yahudic

Dialects: None known. Reportedly not intelligible with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic ,, Judeo-Tunisian Arabic ,, or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic ,. Reportedly similar to Baghdadi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic ,. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central
South
Arabic

Demographics: 100,000 in Israel (1994). Population total all countries: 151,820.

Language Use: Mainly older adults. Also use Hebrew [heb].

Writing System: Hebrew

Nation of Origin: Israel

Other Comments: The term Yahudic is used by a few scholars to denote all Judeo-Arabic languages. Jewish.