Languages Of Iraq, including: Arabic Language, Aramaic Language, Persian Language, Kurdish Language, Chechen Language, Azerbaijani Language, Western ... Mandaic Language, Gulf Arabic, Neo-mandaic

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More info: There are a number of languages spoken in Iraq, but Iraqi Arabic is by far the most widely spoken in the country. Arabic is the majority language, Kurdish is spoken by approximately 20%, South Azeri (called "Turkmen" locally) is spoken by 5% - 10% of people, the Ethnic Turcomans, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is spoken by 3% - 5% of people, mainly Ethnic Assyrian Christians. Mandaic (and other Neo-Aramaic varieties), Shabaki, Armenian, Roma and Persian are spoken by small numbers of between 25,000 and 100,000 each. There may be a few Chechen, Georgian and speakers of other Caucasian languages also.