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Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Spoken in	Israel, Iraq
Total speakers	100,100
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Writing system	Hebrew alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	`–`
ISO 639-3	`yhd`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (also known as Iraqi Judeo-Arabic, Arabi, Yahudic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Iraq. 99% of all speakers now live in Israel. Speakers are older adults.^[1]

The best known form is Jewish Baghdadi Arabic, though there were different dialects in Mosul and elsewhere.

[edit] Notes

^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[edit] References

Ethnologue entry for Judeo-Iraqi Arabic

v • d • e Varieties of Arabic

Pre-Islamic	Old South Arabian† · Ancient North Arabian† (Safaitic†, Lihyanitic†, Thamudic†, Hasaitic†) · Classical Arabic

Modern Literary Variety	Modern Standard Arabic

Maghreb	Moroccan Arabic · Algerian Arabic · Tunisian Arabic · Andalusian Arabic† · Libyan Arabic · Jebli Arabic · Jijel Arabic · Saharan Arabic · Hassānīya Arabic · Darija · Maltese · Siculo-Arabic†

Levant	Lebanese Arabic · Syrian Arabic · North Syrian Arabic · Palestinian Arabic · Bedawi Arabic · Cypriot Maronite Arabic

Mesopotamia	Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic) · North Mesopotamian Arabic

Arabia	Gulf Arabic · Bahrani Arabic · Najdi Arabic · Hejazi Arabic · Sharqi Arabic · Yemeni Arabic · Hadhrami Arabic · Dhofari Arabic · Omani Arabic · Shihhi Arabic

Nile Valley	Egyptian Arabic · Sa'idi Arabic · Sudanese Arabic

Peripheral	Nigerian Arabic . Chadian Arabic · Khuzestani Arabic · Shirvani Arabic† · Central Asian Arabic · Tajiki Arabic · Uzbeki Arabic

Judeo-Arabic	Judeo-Moroccan Arabic · Judeo-Yemeni Arabic · Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic (Jewish)) · Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic · Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

Creoles	Nubi language · Babalia Creole Arabic · Juba Arabic

† Extinct

Jewish languages

Afro-Asiatic

Hebrew

Eras	Biblical · Mishnaic · Medieval · Modern

Dialects	Ashkenazi · Sephardi · Mizrahi · Yemenite · Tiberian · Samaritan Hebrew

Judeo-Aramaic

Aramaic	Biblical · Targum · Talmudic · Barzani · Hulaulá · Lishana Deni · Lishán Didán · Lishanid Noshan · Samaritan Aramaic

Arabic	Judeo-Iraqi · Judeo-Moroccan · Judeo-Tripolitanian · Judeo-Tunisian · Judeo-Yemeni