Languages of Syria, Iraq and Lebanon

The languages spoken in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon can be divided into four groups: Arabic, Kurdish, Aramaic and Turkmen. These are not single languages, but groups of languages, with several distinct languages belonging to each group.
The following map shows the Arabic and Kurdish languages spoken in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Language map

 Lebanese Arabic     
 North Arabian Bedouin Arabic
 Baghdadi Arabic     
 MosuliArabic     
 Mardini Arabic
 Kurmanji Kurdish
 Bedhini Kurdish
 Sorani Kurdish
 Southern Kurdish

Syria & Iraq language map

 

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