North Mesopotamian Arabic | |
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Moslawi Arabic Mardelli Arabic Qeltu Mesopotamian Arabic Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic | |
لهجة موصلية | |
Native to | Iraq, Syria, Turkey[1] |
Speakers | 10 million (2019–2023)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Dialects | |
Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ayp |
Glottolog | nort3142 |
ELP | North Mesopotamian Arabic |
North Mesopotamian Arabic, also known as Moslawi (meaning 'of Mosul'), Mardelli (meaning 'of Mardin'), Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, or Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic, is one of the two main varieties of Mesopotamian Arabic, together with Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic.[1]