Al 'Irāq (Iraq)
About 33.33 million people live in Iraq. Capital is Baghdad. Located in Asia. Currency is the Dinar (iqd). Telephone prefix is +964
Arabic, Mesopotamian (عراقي ʕ) is the main language of Iraq (11.5 million speakers)
12 languages spoken mainly here:
- 5.4 million speakers of Arabic, North Mesopotamian
- 462,000 speakers of Kurdish, Central (سۆرانی)
- 100,000 speakers of Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean
- 40,000 speakers of Arabic, Gulf (خليجي)
- 30,000 speakers of Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian
- 20,000 speakers of Bajelani
- 20,000 speakers of Gurani
- 20,000 speakers of Sarli
- 10,000 speakers of Shabak
- 800 speakers of Koy Sanjaq Surat
- Mandaic
14 languages also spoken here:
- 2.8 million speakers of Kurdish, Northern
- 900,000 speakers of Arabic, Najdi (اللهجة النجدية)
- 300,000 speakers of Azerbaijani, South (آذربایجان دیلی)
- 227,000 speakers of Persian, Iranian (فارسی)
- 60,000 speakers of Armenian
- 22,900 speakers of Domari
- 19,000 speakers of Adygei
- Turkish (Türkçe)
- Arabic, Egyptian (اللغة المصرية الحديثة)
- Turkmen
- Kurdish, Southern (کوردی خوارگ)
- Turoyo
- Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
- Arabic, Standard (اللغة العربية الفصحى)
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