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A language of
Iran
Location
Khuzestan province: Hoveiseh, other towns.
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Iraq
Language Name
Mandaic
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Iraq. Ethnic population: 30,000.
Location
Scattered in Al Basrah and Baghdad governorates.
Alternate Names
Mandaayi, Mandaean, Mandi, Mandini, Modern Mandaic, Neo-Mandaic, Sabe’in, Sabean, Subbi
Dialects
Iraqi Neo-Mandaic.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Language Use
All shifted to Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic [acm].
Other Comments
Mandaean.
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