Iraq

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Official Name
Republic of Iraq
Population Full

40,150,000 (2020 census)

Principal Languages
Central Kurdish, Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic, Northern Kurdish, Standard Arabic
Literacy Rate
86% (2017 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CDE (1977), CPPDCE (2013), CSICH (2010), ICCPR (1971), UNCRPD (2013), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Fischer and Jastrow 1980, Jastrow 1978, Johnstone 1967, Kloss and McConnell 1974, Sebeok 1963
Deaf Population
200,000
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Iraq is 24. All are living languages. Of these, 14 are indigenous and 10 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 5 are institutional, 4 are developing, 4 are vigorous, 8 are in trouble, and 3 are dying. Also listed are 6 unestablished languages and 2 macrolanguages.