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Judeo-Iraqi Arabic is an endangered language of Jews that resided in Iraq. It is a dialect of Arabic that developed during the time when Iraqi Jews were taken over by early Muslim conquests. It's alternative names are Yehudic, Jewish Iraqi-Baghdadi Arabic, Judeo-Baghdadi, Baghdad Jewish Arabic, Iraqi Judeo Arabic and it is denoted by the ISO Language code "yhd".

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic is written using the Hebrew script and alphabet. It was influenced and shaped by Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic elements.

Classification
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic language is classified and grouped under Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Central → South → Arabic. According to scholar Benjamin Hary, "Judeo-Arabic is an ethnolect, [or] a linguistic entity that has its own distinct [community and history]. It is spoken and written in various forms by Jews throughout the Arabic speaking world."

Speakers
It is estimated that there are only 120 speakers in Iraq and approximately 100,000 to 120,000 speakers in Israel. Most of the speakers are older adults that are 40 years old or older.

Speaking Sample

 * Global Recordings Network's sample of Judeo Iraqi Arabic

Writing Sample

 * Language Museum's sample of Judeo Iraqi Arabic writing