North Mesopotamian Arabic Explained

North Mesopotamian Arabic
Also Known As:Moslawi Arabic
Mardelli Arabic
Qeltu Mesopotamian Arabic
Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic
Nativename:Arabic: لهجة موصلية
States:Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Speakers: million
Date:2019–2023
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Speakers Label:Speakers
Familycolor:Afroasiatic
Fam2:Semitic
Fam3:West Semitic
Fam4:Central Semitic
Fam5:Arabic
Fam6:Mesopotamian
Dia1:Anatolian Arabic
Dia2:Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Dia3:Cypriot Arabic
Script:Arabic alphabet
Iso3:ayp
Glotto:nort3142
Glottorefname:North Mesopotamian Arabic
Elp2:10443
Elpname2:Siirti Arabic-->
Map:Árabe mesopotámico del Norte.png

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.

Dialects

Cypriot Arabic shares a number of common features with North Mesopotamian Arabic, and one of its pre-Cypriot medieval antecedents has been deduced as belonging to this dialect area.[1] [2] However, its current form is a hybrid of different varieties and languages, including Levantine Arabic and Greek.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Versteegh, Kees. The Arabic Language. 2001. Edinburgh University Press. 0-7486-1436-2. 212.
  2. Book: Owens, Jonathan. A Linguistic History of Arabic. limited. 2006. Oxford University Press. 0-19-929082-2. 274.