Sudanic Arabic belt
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The Sudanic Arabic belt is a broad region across the Sahel where closely related varieties of Arabic are spoken in a continuous chain from Chad and Sudan westward.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Sudanic Arabic | 2 |
| Baggara Arabic | 1 |
| Sudanic Arabic belt canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect continuum
ⓘ
linguistic region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Egyptian Arabic area to the north-east
ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic area to the north-west ⓘ non-Arabic Sahelian language zones to the south ⓘ |
| extendsAcross |
Central Africa
ⓘ
Chad ⓘ East Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Africa
Sudan ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
continuous chain of closely related Arabic varieties
ⓘ
dialectal gradation rather than sharp boundaries ⓘ spoken across a broad Sahelian zone ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lexical borrowing from African languages
ⓘ
morphological simplification in some varieties ⓘ phonological features distinct from Middle Eastern Arabic ⓘ shared innovations across its varieties ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
central Sudanic Arabic area
ⓘ
eastern Sudanic Arabic area ⓘ western Sudanic Arabic area ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo |
spread of Islam in the Sahel
ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade networks ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
contact with non-Arabic ethnic groups
ⓘ
local Sahelian languages ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Sudanese Arabic varieties ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Sahelian pastoral zones
ⓘ
Sudanic belt ⓘ
surface form:
Sudanic cultural zone
|
| partOf |
Arabic dialect geography
ⓘ
Sahelian linguistic area ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | linguists studying Arabic dialectology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chadian Arabic
ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Darfur Arabic
Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Kordofan Arabic
Nigerian Arabic ⓘ Sudanese Arabic ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Arabic-speaking communities in the Sahel
ⓘ
sedentary populations in Sahelian towns ⓘ some nomadic and semi-nomadic groups ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
rural areas of the Sahel
ⓘ
urban centers along the Sahel ⓘ |
| studiedIn | African Arabic dialect research ⓘ |
| usedFor | interethnic communication in parts of the Sahel ⓘ |
| usedIn |
religious contexts in Muslim communities
ⓘ
trade along Sahelian routes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baggara Arabic
this entity surface form:
Western Sudanic Arabic
this entity surface form:
Western Sudanic Arabic