Iraqi Arabic

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Iraqi Arabic is a dialect of Arabic used in Iraq. The variety of Arabic used in Kuwait is quite similar, many words of Kuwaiti Arabic having similar spelling and pronunciation to their Iraqi counterparts. Some claim that among the varieties of Arabic the Iraqi dialect has retained the pronunciation closest to the Classical Arabic spoken during the 7th century^{[citation needed]}.

Iraqi Arabic also differs within the country, such as with the Maslawi sub-dialect used in Mosul. For example, the standard Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic) word for dog is "cha-leb" while in Maslawi it would be called "ka-leb", closer to the Fusha arabic "kalb". Maslawi has also ancient words like "shimzie" meaning watermelon, while in standard Iraqi Arabic it is "rag-gi".

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