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- ↑ UCL (2021-09-28). "Dictionary of Marsh Arab dialects". The Nahrein Network. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ Müller-Kessler, Christa (2003). "Aramaic ?k?, lyk? and Iraqi Arabic ?aku, maku: The Mesopotamian Particles of Existence". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 123 (3): 641–646. doi:10.2307/3217756. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 3217756.
- ↑ "الجيم العراقية: حقائق وأوهام". 2022-02-08. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
This article incorporates text by Saja Albuarabi available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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