The Dialect of Mosul proper.

or as I like to call it the one true Iraqi dialect

For the uninitiated,

9 = Saad

7 = Ha

3 = Ayn

WORD WALL AHEAD

Since I won't have a chance to do the dialect project for some time I thought I'd highlight some of the definitive points in the Moslawi dialect.

For features of the dialect we preserve the velar voiceless a, Qal = Qala

We pronounce ظ and ضـ the same, as "th".

In most cases, ر is substituted for غ and pronounced similar to the Hebrew letter R. (راح = غاح) I personally roll my R's normally.

In some cases the sound ā is replaced with ō, qitālā changes to qtōlō in the Moslawi dialect.

We still preserve "ده" (dah) to show you are doing something, "ده امشي" = "I'm going." and "رح امشي" = "I will go.".

Some people say it as qei verb though.

Also worth noting is the way we pronounce Q, it's hard and the same way as in some Maghrebi dialects the most similar way I've seen it pronounced is in Fus7a (obviously) and Tunisian Arabic.

The vowels in Moslawi are normally softer, we say Zaina as Zeine and Sudug as Sidiq.

AW in the Moslawi dialect normally turns to ō but sometimes ö, Zawja is Zöja.

The final "it" in south & baghdadi Arabic turns to "tō" in Moslawi. Za3lit = Za3lto

Another trait of Moslawi accent is the elimination of the first vowel in some instances, "my time" would be said as "Zmani" but just "time" would be pronounced "zamān". This is because the Moslawi dialect drops the final vowel before a pronoun.

Beitok? Beitki.

We also have some different pronouns, we don't say عدھم we say عندم.

"3endim".

Shoufthum = Shiftim.

The 1s pronoun is "tō", Qaltō = I said, possessive it is still "i/ti" of course.

We also tend to flip things around, a Baghdadi may say "ikhta" but a Maslawi will say "Khithō".

Oh yes, Moslawi dialect is 'Imalah as hell. Pretty much any final A with any context is pronounced like a softer version of the Turkish "e".

Onwards to vocabulary! (the messy section where I got lazy because it's 1 AM)

Firstly we don't say أربعة, we say أبعة and pronounced "ōba3a".

This is because of assimilation and the way the Moslawi R is pronounced, one essay I read actually suggests the Moslawi lisp changed the arba3a to awba3a then naturally it just became oba3a.

Actually the R is removed from quite a few words, we don't say "قربل" we say "قوبل" instead.

Where R is retained we pronounce it similar to French and Hebrew with the tongue on the bottom of the teeth.

Secondly we don't say "kan" we say "kein" (كين)

We don't say الآن either, we use هسه from the Aramaic "حاشا".

We say قتال as قتول the waw being pronounced as ō.

و as in "and" we also pronounce as ō though this isn't a unique feature by any means.

احنا is pronounced e7ni, The past tense for a first person verb is "tō". Kein ra7tō = "I went" (I just realized I said this twice.)

Khubz? Khebez.

We use انا not اني unless in the context of "me".

Where Baghdadis would say "Shlonich" we say "Shlonki", "nafsich" we say as "nefski" and abouch becomes abouki; "your dad".

In most cases a final A turns to I in Moslawi, Kalba = Kalbi, Kabira = Kabiri, Khubza = Khebzeyi.

More interesting to me is u turns to ō in most cases but in some it turns to ö, tebsun = tyebsön and zawj isn't zōj it's straight up zöj.

Bukra is Rada and Yam is 9ob and في turns to a prefix ب.

Also we use the Turkish loanword "Yok", instead of saying "la mai huna" you can say "mai yok hinni" for a simplistic example or "akhlaqki yok" for "you have no morals."

Another loanword is the suffix "siz" and also "ji", Siz is a lack of something "Adebsiz" = qalil el adeb, no manners.

The suffix "ji" makes something an occupational title, Karaji = footballer for example or Belteji is a woodcutter. This is really a feature of the dialect that is often never used and we mostly use the proper Arabic titles.

Most important of all, 3ars is Dayoth in the Moslawi dialect but you can also use the word for it's proper meaning of a cuckold.

I don't think much that I've put has been that interesting (or well structured since I'm just typing stuff as I think of it.) so I'm going to revisit this later on and of course do the dialect project when I get a chance.

However I did find this interesting comparison from Moslawi to Baghdadi online:

Mosul: Qabil yomein, dazeitlim floos. Bas humme ma yishba3un.

(from u/mawtini) Baghdad: Gabul yomain, dazatilhum floos. Bas hathola meyishiba3oon.

Nasriya: Gabil youmein, dazeitilhum floos. Bas thola ma yishba3u.

Prefixes:

As a general feature in Iraqi Arabic for verbs Y = Masculine and T = Feminine.

Semya terqas = Semya dances.

Ahmed yro7 = Ahmed will go.

However there is an exception, for example "jay temshi" = You're going (M) to make in feminine you add an N on the end "jay temshin"

As I said before Be can be a prefix for "inside". Belbet = In the house.

The future tense is expressed with either ra7 or 7a, 7a takol = She will eat.

Random words:

The word for very can be Kolesh or Wayah but Kolesh also means complete.

Morning is Sobo7 not Saba7.

Somtimes is "Marat".

This and That = hai o hai

As well = Hem

"Ey, ani hem." = Yes, me too.

Next to = bi9of.

Another thing is we don't say "iftah el-kitab" for Open the book we would say "Iftah li-Kitab", "Sakr li-Kitab", "close the book", "shouf li-Bab", "see the door" etc but the normal definitive article without a verb is still el-.

Anyway that's all I can think of for now, many of these features also exist in other Iraqi dialects including Baghdadi as do some of the words but with different harakat.