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Sun Jun-06-04 11:41 AM
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What us the common Iraqi language? Do most Iraqis speak more than one language? If so, what other languages?
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boobooday
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:43 AM
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1. Iraqis mostly speak Arabic |
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Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 11:44 AM by boobooday
In Iran, they speak Farsi or Persian. I heard a news person call it "Iranian" the other day. I had a friend from Iran, and he was very clear that he was NOT "Iranian" but Persian. http://www.wgoeshome.com
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:47 AM
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2. Mesopotamian Arabic mostly |
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although Gulf Arabic and Standard Arabic as well. Along with various Kurdish languages in the north and a few communities of Assyrian, Armenian and Azerbaijani communities. http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=Iraq
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:49 AM
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3. I thought there were also small communities of Christians in |
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Iraq and Syria that spoke Aramaic.
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:53 AM
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are probably the Christians you're thinking of. (Assyrian being a dialect of Aramaic) From the link above: ASSYRIAN NEO-ARAMAIC 30,000 in Iraq (1994) out of up to a reported 2,000,000 ethnic population. Population total all countries 210,000 or more speakers. 4,250,000 reported ethnic population. Alternate names: LISHANA ATURAYA, SURET, SURETH, SURYAYA SWADAYA, ASSYRIAN, NEO-SYRIAC, ASSYRISKI, AISORSKI, ASSYRIANCI. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
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CHALDEAN NEO-ARAMAIC 100,000 to 120,000 in Iraq (1994). Population total all countries 200,000 (1994 H. Mutzafi). Alternate names: CHALDEAN, KILDANI, KALDAYA, NEO-CHALDEAN, MODERN CHALDEAN, SURETH, LISHANA KALDAYA, FELLIHI, FALLANI. Dialects: MANGESH, ALQOSH, TEL KEPE, TISQOPA, BARTILLE, SHIRNAK-CHIZRE (BOHTAN), ARADHIN, DIHOK. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:51 AM
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Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 11:53 AM by eurolefty
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