Baghdadi Arabic

Baghdadi Arabic
اللهجة البغدادية
Native toMesopotamia
RegionBaghdad
Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
acm – Mesopotamian Arabic
GlottologNone
IETFacm-u-sd-iqbg

Baghdadi Arabic is the variety of Arabic spoken in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. During the 20th century, Baghdadi Arabic has become the lingua franca of Iraq and the language of commerce and education. It is considered a subset of Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic.