South Mesopotamian Arabic

South Mesopotamian Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة العراقية الجنوبية, romanized: al-lahja l-ʿirāqiyya l-janūbiyya) or Marsh Arabic is a variety of Mesopotamian Arabic spoken by Southern Iraqis in Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar and Wasit.

[1][2] This dialect differs distinctly from other dialects of Iraq and features a strong Aramaic influence.

[3] One of the most noticeable features of South Mesopotamian Arabic is the existence of the sounds [ɡ] (< */q/), [tʃ] (< */k/), [ʒ] (< */dʒ/) and /p/.

[4] This article incorporates text by Saja Albuarabi available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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