Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

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ayp vs acm

dusseaux.antoine_289191, Sun, 2023-01-01 04:53
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The page about "Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken" (acm) doesn't say anything about "Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken" (ayp).

I suggest adding something based on the following (bold mine):

"In Iraq, two Arabic dialects exist, each of which have a number of linguistic features (Blanc 1964; Jasim 2020), and are broadly classified based on what is known as the urban/Bedouin dichotomy in the Arabic region (Jasim 2020). These are the qəltu dialect and the gilit dialect respectively (ibid.). The names of the dialects are derived from the dialect reflex of the word meaning qultu (‘I said’) (Blanc 1964; Ahmed 2018; Jasim 2020). The latter dialect is of Bedouin origin and is spoken by the Muslim population (sedentary and non-sedentary) in central and southern Iraq and by the non-sedentary population in the rest of the area. The former dialect is urban and is spoken by the non-Muslim population of central Iraq including Baghdad, southern Iraq, and the sedentary population (Muslims and non-Muslims) of the rest of the area (Blanc 1964; Jastrow 1978; Abu-Haidar 1991; Talay 2011; Jasim 2020)."

Source: https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17800

Editorial Action

We will add a statement to both the North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic (Qeltu) [ayp] and Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic (Gilit) [acm] in Iraq, specifying the differences between the two, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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