Baghdadi Arabic

Baghdadi Arabic
Baghdadi Arabic
اللهجة البغدادية
Native to	Mesopotamia
Region	Baghdad
Native speakers	About 15.7 million speakers (2014–2016)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Mesopotamian Gilit Baghdadi Arabic; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	; acm – Mesopotamian Arabic
Glottolog	None

Baghdadi Arabic is the Arabic dialect spoken in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. During the 20th century, Baghdadi Arabic has become the lingua franca of Iraq, and the language of commerce and education. It is considered a subset of Iraqi Arabic.

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