Mesopotamian Arabic

Iraqi Arabic is a dialect of Arabic from Iraq, which is also spoken in Kuwait. If by " standard Iraqi Arabic " is mentioned, as is almost always the Baghdad dialect meant.

The Iraqi Arabic, however, is heterogeneous even within its range, as the sub - dialect of Maslawi from Mosul. For example, the standard - Iraqi- Arabic word for " dog " ( standard Arabic كلب, DMG calf ) [ t͡ʃalæb ], whereas a Maslawi would pronounce it [ kalæb ]. Maslawi also has old words like شمسية, DMG šimsiyye, watermelon ', while the standard Iraqi word is raǧǧī, just like in most other Arabic dialects.

It is typical of the Iraqi dialect, that of the letter Kaf, a CAF ( tʃ ) has become. However, not all Iraqi words that begin with the letter Kaf, as tʃ pronounced.

The Baghdad dialect of Arabic can also each in a " Muslim " ( gilit ) and a " Jewish " ( qəltu ) divide branch. The Muslim Bedouin dialect, the Jewish residents origin, which is evident from the different pronunciation of q.