Khoshaba - Iraqi Dialect vs Standard Arabic

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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

Connectors

• گبل ما