North Mesopotamian Arabic, also known as Moslawi (meaning 'of
Mosul
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'), Mardelli (meaning 'of
Mardin'), Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, or Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic, is one of the two main
varieties of
Mesopotamian Arabic, together with
Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic.
Relationship to Gilit Mesopotamian
Dialects
Cypriot Arabic shares a number of common features with North Mesopotamian Arabic, and one of its pre-Cypriot medieval antecedents has been deduced as belonging to this dialect area.
However, its current form is a hybrid of different varieties and languages, including Levantine Arabic and
Greek.
Aramaic substrate
References
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North Mesopotamian Arabic