Languages of Iraq

According to Ethnologue (↗), a total of 24 living languages are currently used for communication in the Republic of IRAQ. Arabic — particularly the standard and Mesopotamian versions — and Kurdish are Iraq's official languages. Approximately 27,200,000 Iraqis are Standard Arabic communicators, followed by Kurdish (25,354,000 people) and Mesopotamian Arabic (13,400,000 people).

● ● ● ● ●  Other main languages spoken and written in Iraq are Adyghe / Adygey / West Circassian (35,000 communicators), Gulf Arabic (70,000), Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (120), Najdi Arabic (1,480,000), North Mesopotamian Arabic (7,580,000), Armenian (65,000), Assyrian / Lishana Aturaya / Neo-Syriac (153,000), Azeri / South Azerbaijani (2,050,000), Bajelani (60,000), Chaldean (110,000), Domari (23,000), Koy Sanjaq Surat / Koi-Sanjaq Sooret (820), Central Kurdish (4,000,000), Northern Kurdish (3,450,000), Southern Kurdish (150,000), Macho (125,000), Mandaic (5,200), Persian / Iranian (410,000), Sarli / Sarliya (20,000), Shabak (22,000), Syriac (810,000), and Turkmen (405,000). Population stats in parentheses represent the estimated number of language communicators in 2017, based on past data from Ethnologue.