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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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