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In other languages: Description
There are a number of languages spoken in Iraq.
The official languages of Iraq are... [1] [2]
- Mesopotamian Arabic (Iraqi Arabic) - by far the most spoken language in Iraq
- Kurdish - second most spoken language
Minority languages of Iraq are... [3]
Word List(s)
Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
- Armenian alphabet for Kurdish - Omniglot
- Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
- Clarity, Beverly E, Karl Stowasser, Ronald G Wolfe, D R Woodhead, and Wayne Beene. A dictionary of Iraqi Arabic. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. Available at: WorldCat.
- Woodhead, D R and Wayne Beene. A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic : Arabic-English. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1991. Available at: WorldCat.
- Rizgar, Baran. Kurdish-English, English Kurdish dictionary. Kent: Bay Foreign Language Books, 1993. Available at: WorldCat.
- Awde, Nicholas, William Dirks, and A Amandurdyev. Turkmen-English, English-Turkmen dictionary & phrasebook. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2005. Available at: WorldCat.
- Smith, Jessie Payne. A Compendious Syriac Dictionary. Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1999. Available at: WorldCat.
- Grigoryan, Khachik. English Armenian, Armenian English dictionary. Yerevan: Ankyunacar, 2001. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary English - Mesopotamian Arabic - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Arabic - Glosbe
- Arabic dictionary - Lexilogos
- Kurdish dictionary - Lexilogos
Language Aids
- Kurdish grammar and basics - Learn101
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Iraq," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Iraq#:~:text=Official%20languages%20of%20Iraq, accessed 27 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Iraq," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq#Languages#:~:text=The%20Arabic%20language%20and%20the%20Kurdish%20language%20are%20the%20two%20official%20languages%20of%20Iraq, accessed 27 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Iraq," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Iraq#:~:text=recognized%20as%20minority%20languages, accessed 27 Oct 2021.