Languages of Iraq

23 languages of the index are spoken in Iraq; 2 have official status (Arabic and Kurdish). The country has about 38.3 m inhabitants (2017).

23 languages10 endangered or dormantAsiaISO IQ / IRQ

Official languages

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
araArabicاللُّغَة العَرَبِيّة	`ara`	Afroasiatic	+36	315.4 m	Safe
fasFarsiفارسی	`fas`	Indo-European	+7	70 m	Safe
azeAzerbaijaniAzərbaycan dili	`aze`	Turkic	+13	35 m	Safe
kurKurdishZimanê Kurdî	`kur`	Indo-European	+5	21 m	Safe
acmMesopotamian Arabicلهجة عراقية	`acm`	Afroasiatic		15.7 m	3 · Wider Communication
kmrKurmanjiZimanê Kurdî	`kmr`	Indo-European	+3	14.6 m	3 · Wider Communication
ckbCentral Kurdishکوردیی ناوەندی	`ckb`	Indo-European		7.2 m	2 · Provincial
hyeArmenianհայերեն	`hye`	Indo-European	+20	6.7 m	1 · National
sdhSouthern Kurdish	`sdh`	Indo-European		3 m	6a · Vigorous
lkiLaki	`lki`	Indo-European		1.5 m	6a · Vigorous
aiiAssyrian Neo-Aramaic	`aii`	Afroasiatic	+3	232,300	6b · Threatened
abkAbkhazАԥсуа бызшәа	`abk`	North Caucasian	+3	190,110	2 · Provincial
hacGorani	`hac`	Indo-European		40,000	7 · Shifting
afbGulf Arabic	`afb`	Afroasiatic	+5		3 · Wider Communication
aypNorth Mesopotamian Arabic	`ayp`	Afroasiatic			6a · Vigorous
yhdJudeo-Iraqi Arabic	`yhd`	Afroasiatic			7 · Shifting
sdbShabaki	`sdb`	Indo-European			7 · Shifting
bjfBarzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic	`bjf`	—			8b · Nearly Extinct
midNeo-Mandaic	`mid`	Afroasiatic			8a · Moribund
cldChaldean Neo-Aramaic	`cld`	Afroasiatic			7 · Shifting
kqdKoy Sanjaq Syriac	`kqd`	Afroasiatic			6b · Threatened
bjmBajelani	`bjm`	Indo-European			7 · Shifting
sdfSarli	`sdf`	Indo-European			7 · Shifting

23 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata