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Khoshaba - Iraqi Dialect vs Standard Arabic [90aa7fa2]

iraqi arabic, books

1. Consnants as Diaphones

  • Moslawis uses (غ) for ر

    • moslawi - غاح نغوح
    • baghdadi - راح نروح

  • Baghdadi dialect and Southern speakers use گ instead of ق

    • baghdadi - هو گال هييه گالت
    • standard/moslawi - هو قال هي قالت

  • Southern speakers use چ for ك in the conjuction of كان

    • Southern - چاجه نايم - he sleemed to be sleepy
    • Standard - بدا كنئه نائما
  • the ال, iraqis pronounce it (il) whenever it makes the beginning of an utterence, or if there is a time space in between the words when iraqis talk slowly to each other
  • tendency in iraqi arabic to start with a two consonant cluster
  • only relative pronoun is اللي

2. Connectors

  • گبل ما