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.
Aliases (8)
Statements (59)
| 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
→
Eastern Sudanese Arabic → Juba Arabic → Khartoum Arabic → Kordofan Arabic → Northern Sudanese Arabic → Western 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
→
Cushitic languages → Dinka language → Egyptian Arabic → English language → Fur language → Nilo-Saharan languages → Nubian languages → Nuer language → Ottoman Turkish → Turkish language → |
| ISOStatus |
no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Arabic)
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| languageBranch |
Semitic languages
→
|
| languageFamily |
Afro-Asiatic languages
→
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| languageGroup |
Arabic languages
→
|
| languageSubbranch |
Central Semitic languages
→
|
| primaryCountry |
Sudan
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|
| region |
Nile Valley
→
Sahel → |
| sociolinguisticRole |
lingua franca among different ethnic groups in Sudan
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marker of Sudanese national and regional identity → |
| spokenIn |
Chad
→
Egypt → Eritrea → Ethiopia → South Sudan → Sudan → |
| standardLanguageOf |
no country (vernacular only)
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|
| subclassOf |
Arabic
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|
| typologicalFeature |
gender and number agreement on verbs and adjectives
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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
→
|
Referenced by (19)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Sudanese Arabic
("Khartoum Arabic")
→
Sudanese Arabic ("Western Sudanese Arabic") → Sudanese Arabic ("Eastern Sudanese Arabic") → Sudanese Arabic ("Northern Sudanese Arabic") → Sudanese Arabic ("Darfur Arabic") → Sudanese Arabic ("Kordofan Arabic") → |
hasDialect |
|
Chadian Arabic
→
Chadian Arabic ("Darfur Arabic") → Nigerian Arabic → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Chadian Arabic
("Baggara Arabic")
→
|
alternativeName |
|
Juba Arabic
→
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basedOn |
|
Chadian Arabic
("Sudanic Arabic")
→
|
dialectGroup |
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Arabic
→
|
hasDialectGroup |
|
Colloquial Arabic
→
|
includes |
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Arabs
→
|
includeSpeakersOf |
|
Egyptian Arabic
→
|
influences |
|
Sudanese
→
|
languageAssociated |
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Gumuz languages
→
|
languageContactWith |
|
Wad Madani
→
|
languageSpoken |