| North Mesopotamian Arabic | |
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| Spoken in | Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey |
| Native speakers | 6,300,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Arabic alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ayp |
North Mesopotamian Arabic (also known as Maslawi meaning 'of Mosul') is a variety of Arabic spoken north of the Hamrin Mountains in Iraq, in northwestern Iran in northern Syria, and in southeastern Turkey (in the eastern Mediterranean Region, Southeastern Anatolia Region, and southern Eastern Anatolia Region).[1] Like Iraqi Arabic and Syrian Arabic, it shows some signs of an Aramaic substrate.[2]
Cypriot Arabic shares a large number of common features with Mesopotamian Arabic;[3] particularly the northern variety, and has been reckoned as belonging to this dialect area.[4]
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