Judeo-Iraqi Arabic

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Iraqi Judeo-Arabic; Yahudic
Native to	Iraq, Israel
Native speakers	(97,000 cited 1992–2018)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Mesopotamian Qeltu Judeo-Iraqi Arabic; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Baghdad Jewish Arabic;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yhd
Glottolog	jude1266
ELP	Judeo-Iraqi Arabic

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (Arabic: عربية يهودية عراقية, romanized: ʻArabīyah Yahūdīyah ʻIrāqīyah), also known as Iraqi Judeo-Arabic and Yahudic, is a variety of Arabic spoken by Iraqi Jews.

History

In 1992, there were 120 Judeo-Iraqi Arabic speakers remaining in Iraq.^[1]In 2018, there were 94,000 speakers of the language in Israel.^[1]The best known variety is Baghdad Jewish Arabic, although other dialects were spoken in Mosul and elsewhere.

The vast majority of Iraqi Jews have relocated to Israel and switched to Modern Hebrew as their first language.

The 2014 film Farewell Baghdad is mostly in Baghdad Jewish Arabic. It was the first movie filmed in Judeo-Iraqi Arabic.

References

1 2 3 Judeo-Iraqi Arabic at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

External links

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[e25-1] 1 2 3 Judeo-Iraqi Arabic at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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