Nigerian Arabic
E63607
Nigerian Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken in parts of Nigeria, heavily influenced by local languages and cultures and closely related to the Arabic dialects of the central Sahel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigerian Arabic canonical | 4 |
| West African Arabic | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic dialect
ⓘ
spoken language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Nigerian linguistic landscape ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chadian Arabic
ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Shuwa Arabic in some classifications
ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
West African Arabic
|
| hasFeature |
code-switching with Hausa and other local languages
ⓘ
lexical borrowing from Hausa ⓘ phonological influence from Sahelian languages ⓘ regional variation within Nigeria ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fulfulde
ⓘ
surface form:
Fulfulde language
Hausa ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa language
Kanuri ⓘ
surface form:
Kanuri language
local Nigerian cultures ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afro-Asiatic languages
|
| linguisticInfluenceFrom | Islamic education and Quranic Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | central Sahel Arabic dialect continuum ⓘ |
| region | central Sahel ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
border areas with Niger and Chad
ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
northern Nigeria
|
| status | non-standardized variety of Arabic ⓘ |
| subfamily | Arabic ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Hausa
ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa language
Nigerian English ⓘ local Nigerian languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | some Nigerian Muslim communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
informal communication
ⓘ
trade and commerce in some regions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
West African Arabic