North Mesopotamian Arabic (also known as Maslawi, meaning 'of Mosul') is a variety of Arabic spoken north of the Hamrin Mountains in Iraq, in western Iran, northern Syria, and in southeastern Turkey (in the eastern Mediterranean Region, Southeastern Anatolia Region, and southern Eastern Anatolia Region). Like other Mesopotamian Arabics and Levantine Arabic, it shows signs of an Aramaic substrate.
Different Arabic dialects in the Arab world
Cypriot Arabic shares a large number of common features with Mesopotamian Arabic; particularly the northern variety, and has been reckoned as belonging to this dialect area.
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