Languages of Iraq
In 1997 the Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman adopted the Turkish alphabet as the formal written language[3][4] and by 2005 the community leaders decided that the Turkish language would replace traditional Turkmeni (which had used the Arabic script) in Iraqi schools.The official translation (in English, for international use) was produced in cooperation between Iraqi state authorities and the United Nations' Office for Constitutional Support.In addition, any region or province may declare other languages official if a majority of the population approves in a general referendum.Sumerian and Akkadian (including all ancient Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) were written in the cuneiform script from 3300 BCE onwards.The latest positively identified Akkadian text comes from the first century CE.