| Anatolian Arabic | |
|---|---|
| لهجات عربية أناضولية | |
| Native to | Turkey |
| Ethnicity | Mhallami |
Native speakers | 520,000 (2014)[1] |
| Arabic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | anat1256 |
| ELP | Siirti Arabic |
 Map of Anatolian Arabic speaking provinces in Turkey as of 1965 census | |
Anatolian Arabic encompasses severalqeltuvarieties of Arabic spoken in the Turkish provinces ofMardin,Siirt,Batman,Diyarbakır, andMuş, a subset ofNorth Mesopotamian Arabic.[2] Since most Jews and Christians have left the area, the vast majority of remaining speakers areSunni Muslims and the bulk live in theMardin area. Most speakers also know Turkish and many, especially those from mixed Kurdish-Arab villages, speak Kurdish. Especially in isolated areas, the language has been significantly influenced by Turkish, Kurdish, and historicallyTuroyo (the latter in the western dialect area).[3]
The Mardin dialect is mutually intelligible with the Moslawi dialect of Iraq. However, the peripheral varieties in the Siirt, Muş, and Batman provinces near Lake Van are quite divergent.
Mesopotamian Arabic is spoken to the west by about 100,000 people inŞanlıurfa Province, whileNorth Levantine Arabic has over a million speakers in theAdana,Hatay, andMersin provinces.[citation needed] Anatolian Arabic is not mutually intelligible with the Urfa dialect.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | iiː | uuː | |
| Mid | eː | ə | oː |
| Open | aaː |
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