Sudanese Arabic

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Sudanese Arabic is a major regional variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Sudan and parts of neighboring countries, characterized by distinctive phonological, lexical, and grammatical features influenced by local languages and cultures.

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Generate an image of Sudanese Arabic (Sudanese Arabic is a major regional variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Sudan and parts of neighboring countries, characterized by distinctive phonological, lexical, and grammatical features influenced by local languages and cultures.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic dialect ⓘ
spoken language variety ⓘ
vernacular Arabic ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chadian Arabic ⓘ
Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic ⓘ
coexistsWith English in Sudan ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
hasDialect Darfur Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic

Eastern Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic

Juba Arabic ⓘ
Khartoum Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic

Kordofan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic

Northern Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic

Western Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
hasFeature code-switching with Modern Standard Arabic in formal contexts ⓘ
distinctive grammar compared to other Arabic dialects ⓘ
distinctive phonology compared to Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary compared to other Arabic dialects ⓘ
influence from local substrate languages ⓘ
use of /g/ sound where many dialects use /ʒ/ or /dʒ/ ⓘ
vowel length contrasts ⓘ
influencedBy Beja language ⓘ
linked to: Beja people

Cushitic languages ⓘ
Dinka language ⓘ
Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Fur language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nubian languages ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Turkish language ⓘ
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Arabic) ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Arabic languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Central Semitic languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Sudan ⓘ
region Nile Valley ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
sociolinguisticRole lingua franca among different ethnic groups in Sudan ⓘ
marker of Sudanese national and regional identity ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
standardLanguageOf no country (vernacular only) ⓘ
subclassOf Arabic ⓘ
typologicalFeature gender and number agreement on verbs and adjectives ⓘ
subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ
use of definite article al- with phonological assimilation ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in Sudan ⓘ
informal education and peer communication ⓘ
popular music in Sudan ⓘ
television and radio broadcasting in Sudan ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

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Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Khartoum Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Western Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Eastern Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Northern Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Darfur Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → hasDialect → Kordofan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → influences → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Wad Madani → languageSpoken → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Gumuz languages → languageContactWith → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Chadian Arabic → alternativeName → Baggara Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Chadian Arabic → dialectGroup → Sudanic Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Chadian Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Chadian Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Darfur Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Juba Arabic → basedOn → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Sudanese → languageAssociated → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Kadu languages → languageShiftTowards → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Southern Gumuz → isDistinctFrom → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Southern Gumuz → contactWith → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Shuwa Arabic → relatedTo → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Shuwa Arabic → hasDialectContinuumWith → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Shua Arabic → hasDialectContinuumWith → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Sudanic Arabic belt → relatedTo → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Sudanic Arabic belt → relatedTo → Darfur Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Sudanic Arabic belt → relatedTo → Kordofan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic
Arabi Juba → influencedByLanguage → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Arabi Juba → distinctFrom → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Shuwa Arabs → languageVariety → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Beja language → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Ad-Damir → languageUsed → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Wad Medani → languageSpoken → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Singa → hasLanguage → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
North Cushitic → hasContactLanguage → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Tumale language → contactLanguage → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Dilling language → contactWith → Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
Otuho language → influencedBy → Arabic (Sudanese Arabic) ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Arabic