People Groups Lists Language:  Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

Language:  Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

Population of Groups Speaking

19,317,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

31

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Country
Population		 Global
Population		 Indigenous Primary Religion Progress
Scale		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Arab Sri Lanka 5,200 704,000 Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab India 2,600 704,000 Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab Pakistan 4,800 704,000 Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab Philippines 33,000 704,000 Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, general Australia 70,000 3,273,000 Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Iranian Iran 1,460,000 1,460,000 ● Islam ● 0.30 % 0.29 % 29
Arab, Iraqi United Arab Emirates 51,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Australia 70,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Belgium 21,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Iraqi France 33,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Algeria 4,700 17,695,000 Islam ● 0.70 % 0.70 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Canada 72,000 17,695,000 Christianity ● 65.00 % 2.00 % -
Arab, Iraqi Cyprus 2,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Denmark 34,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Finland 16,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Germany 310,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 6
Arab, Iraqi Italy 2,200 17,695,000 Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Iraqi New Zealand 2,700 17,695,000 Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Spain 900 17,695,000 Islam ● 5.00 % 1.50 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,427,000 17,695,000 ● Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 329
Arab, Iraqi Kuwait 19,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 5.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Lebanon 26,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.60 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Netherlands 66,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.60 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Norway 35,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 12.00 % 0.50 % -
Arab, Iraqi Sweden 94,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 2
Arab, Iraqi United Kingdom 72,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Syria 57,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Turkey 113,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 2
Arab, Iraqi United States 127,000 17,695,000 Christianity ● 66.00 % 2.00 % -
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 39,000 17,695,000 Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Marsh Iraq 46,000 46,000 ● Islam ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 1
  Totals:  31           28 ●     391
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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Global
Population		 Indigenous Primary Religion Progress
Scale		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Aka India 11,000 11,000 ● Hinduism ● 26.74 % -
Anal India 23,000 23,000 ● Christianity ● 98.17 % -
Angami India 158,000 158,000 ● Christianity ● 98.67 % -
Baiga India 573,000 576,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.22 % 11
Bhotia India 114,000 114,000 ● Buddhism ● 4.90 % 2
Bhotia Sikkim India 84,000 90,000 ● Buddhism ● 4.44 % 2
Bhumij India 1,124,000 1,154,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.02 % 22
Byari (Beary) India 456,000 456,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 9
Chang India 65,000 65,000 ● Christianity ● 98.94 % -
Chero India 159,000 164,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.15 % 3
Chiru India 9,200 9,200 ● Christianity ● 98.36 % -
Gond India 14,356,000 14,362,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.92 % 287
Halba India 733,000 733,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.30 % 15
Kachari Sonwal India 280,000 281,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.68 % 6
Khiamniungan India 62,000 73,000 ● Christianity ● 99.29 % -
Kisan India 1,630,000 1,636,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.67 % 33
Korwa India 450,000 453,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.09 % 9
Lotha India 179,000 179,000 ● Christianity ● 99.22 % -
Mahli India 409,000 441,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.23 % 8
Mandaean Iran 24,000 69,000 ● Other / Small ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandaean, Sabean Iraq 32,000 69,000 ● Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Maring India 27,000 27,000 ● Christianity ● 97.88 % -
Mizo Lushai India 567,000 569,000 ● Christianity ● 98.84 % -
Moghal India 1,753,000 2,900,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 35
Munda India 3,692,000 3,748,000 ● Hinduism ● 19.40 % -
Oraon India 4,487,000 4,641,000 ● Hinduism ● 26.48 % -
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,482,000 11,695,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 230
Pnar India 264,000 282,000 ● Christianity ● 68.86 % -
Santal (Sawntal) India 7,639,000 7,898,000 ● Hinduism ● 5.77 % -
Sayyid India 7,866,000 14,530,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 157
Sayyid Pakistan 5,354,000 14,530,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 107
Shaikh India 85,886,000 223,464,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1718
Shaikh Pakistan 10,559,000 223,464,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,203,000 4,349,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 64
Varli India 1,248,000 1,253,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.42 % 25
  Totals:  35           22 ●     2,956
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Language Alternate Names
Arabi
Arabic
Arabic, Iraqi Baghdadi
Baghdadi
Furati
Iraqi Arabic
Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic
Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic
North Syrian Arabic

Dialects
Anatolian Cluster
Baghdadi
Euphrates Cluster
Khuzestan
Khuzistani Arabic
Syrian Šāwi

Dialect Alternate Names
'Arabi
Arabic, Iraqi
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
Arabic, Mesopotamian: Baghdadi
Arabic, Mesopotamian: Khuzestan
Arabic: Baghdadi
Baghdadi Arabic
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