 Indeed, Turkish has remained a prestige language among Iraqi Turkmen, exerting a profound historical influence on their dialect.As a result, Iraqi Turkmen syntax differs sharply from Irano-Turkic.In general, the Iraqi Turkmen dialects of Tal Afar (approx 700,000 speakers), Altun Kupri, Tuz Khurmatu, Taza Khurmatu, Kifri, Bashir and Amirli show unity with the Eastern Anatolian dialect of Urfa; meanwhile, the dialects in Kirkuk, Erbil, Dohuk, Mandali and Khanaqin show similarities with Tehrani and Afshar Turkic dialects.