Arabi Juba

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Arabi Juba is a colloquial Arabic-based creole widely spoken as a lingua franca in and around Juba, South Sudan.

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Arabi Juba canonical 1

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instanceOf Arabic-based creole
creole language
lingua franca
spoken language
alternativeName Juba Arabic
Juba Arabic
surface form: Juba-Arabic creole
developedAs contact language between Arabic speakers and local populations
developedIn Juba area
developedInPeriod 19th–20th centuries
distinctFrom Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic
surface form: Standard Arabic

Sudanese Arabic
geographicDistribution Juba and surrounding areas
parts of Equatoria in South Sudan
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands (approximate, varying estimates)
hasFeature lexicon largely derived from Arabic
reduced case and gender system compared to Arabic
restructured Arabic syntax
simplified Arabic morphology
substrate influence from local South Sudanese languages
hasType pidgin-origin creole
hasWritingSystem Arabic script (limited use)
Latin script (ad hoc use)
influencedByLanguage Bari language
Sudanese Arabic
Zande language
local Nilotic languages
other South Sudanese languages
languageFamily Arabic-based creole languages
languageStatus primarily spoken, rarely written
notOfficialLanguageOf South Sudan
primaryLexifierLanguage Arabic
spokenBy migrants and traders in South Sudan
people of different ethnic groups in Juba
spokenInCountry South Sudan
spokenInRegion Equatoria region
Juba
urban areas of South Sudan
usedAs interethnic communication language
lingua franca in and around Juba
usedBy ethnically diverse communities in South Sudan
usedInDomain interethnic trade
market communication
urban informal communication

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Juba Arabic alternativeName Arabi Juba