Country
Languages of Iraq
The Linguasphere Register records 6 entries for Iraq, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
6Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
0Language entries
1= AFRO-ASIAN 4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
Register entries recorded in Iraq
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
12-AAA-aga | alqosh | Variety | al-Mawsil, Mosul |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
44= | CENTRAL-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with … |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
58= | IRANIC | Zone | Covers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.