Juba Arabic
E61931
Juba Arabic is a pidgin-turned-creole Arabic variety widely used as a lingua franca in South Sudan, particularly around the city of Juba.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juba Arabic Creole | 1 |
| Juba Pidgin Arabic | 1 |
| South Sudanese Arabic | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ pidgin-turned-creole ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Arabi Juba
ⓘ
Juba Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Juba Arabic Creole
Juba Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Juba Pidgin Arabic
Juba Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
South Sudanese Arabic
|
| basedOn |
Arabic
ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic ⓘ |
| country | South Sudan ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
contact between Arabic speakers and local populations
ⓘ
pidgin Arabic in southern Sudan ⓘ |
| developedIn |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | pga ⓘ |
| glottologCode | juba1238 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
code-switching with English
ⓘ
code-switching with local languages ⓘ creolized grammar ⓘ distinct phonology from Standard Arabic ⓘ influence from Bari ⓘ influence from local Nilotic languages ⓘ influence from other South Sudanese languages ⓘ lexicon largely derived from Arabic ⓘ limited case marking ⓘ reduced Arabic inflection ⓘ simplified Arabic morphology ⓘ simplified verb system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arabic ⓘ |
| languageOf | South Sudanese urban communities ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Juba ⓘ |
| region | South Sudan ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Equatoria State
ⓘ
other towns of South Sudan ⓘ |
| status |
not an official language of South Sudan
ⓘ
widely spoken ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedBy | various ethnic groups in South Sudan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Juba
ⓘ
surface form:
Juba metropolitan area
informal communication in South Sudan ⓘ interethnic communication in South Sudan ⓘ markets in South Sudan ⓘ popular music in South Sudan ⓘ radio broadcasting in South Sudan ⓘ religious activities in South Sudan ⓘ urban areas of South Sudan ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Juba Arabic Creole
this entity surface form:
Juba Pidgin Arabic
this entity surface form:
South Sudanese Arabic