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ISO 639-3 · aypayp
Afroasiatic family
North Mesopotamian Arabic
North Mesopotamian Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Wikidata describes it as “Arabic dialect of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ayp- Glottocode
nort3142- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | North Mesopotamian Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Maslawi Arabic, Moslawi Arabic, Mosul Arabic, Maslawi, Moslawi |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to North Mesopotamian Arabic
The branches above North Mesopotamian Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Iraq
fasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafekmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationckbCentral KurdishIndo-European · 7.2 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsdhSouthern KurdishIndo-European · 3 m6a · VigorouslkiLakiIndo-European · 1.5 m6a · VigorousaiiAssyrian Neo-AramaicAfroasiatic · 232,3006b · ThreatenedabkAbkhazNorth Caucasian · 190,1102 · Provincial