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A language of Iraq

User Population

250,000 (2018).

Location

Ninawa governorate: Ali Rach, Khazna, Talara, and Yangija villages north of Mosul; many displaced since 1980s.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Dialects

None known. In the Gurani [hac] (Gorani) and Zaza group.

Language Use

Many shifting to North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic [ayp]. Many shifting to Northern Kurdish [kmr].

Other Comments

Muslim.