Iraqi Arabic (also known as Mesopotamian Arabic [ISO 639-3] or Furati, i.e. Euphrates, Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq, from Baghdad south, as well as in neighboring Iran and eastern Syria. A distinction is recognised between Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic and Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic, the apellations deriving from the form of the word for "I said".
The best-known form is Baghdadi Arabic, within the Gelet group...
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