IRAQI ARABIC

'Iraqi Arabic' is a dialect of Arabic used in Iraq. The variety of Arabic used in Kuwait is quite similar, many words of Kuwaiti Arabic having similar spelling and pronunciation to their Iraqi counterparts.
Iraqi Arabic also differs within the country, such as with the Maslawi sub-dialect used in Mosul. For example, the standard Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic) word for dog is "cha-leb" while in Maslawi it would be called "ka-leb", closer to the Fusha arabic "kalb". Maslawi has also ancient words like "shimzie" meaning watermelon, while in standard Iraqi Arabic it is "rag-gi" simply meaning melon in most Arabic dialects.
A common variation in Iraqi Arabic as opposed to Fusha, is that of the use of Cha as opposed to Ka. Although not all words in Iraqi Arabic that begin with the arabic letter "kaaf" are spoken with a cha, it is a common variation in uses such as "chan", meaning he was as compared to the Fusha "kan".

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★ Baghdad Arabic

★ Baghdad Arabic (Jewish)