Sudanese Arabic

E9822

Arabic dialect spoken language variety vernacular Arabic

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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Sudanese Arabic canonical	23
Darfur Arabic	3
Kordofan Arabic	2
Baggara Arabic	1
Eastern Sudanese Arabic	1
Khartoum Arabic	1
Northern Sudanese Arabic	1
Sudanic Arabic	1
Western Sudanese Arabic	1

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	Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Darfur Arabic Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Sudanese Arabic Juba Arabic ⓘ Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Khartoum Arabic Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kordofan Arabic Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Sudanese Arabic Sudanese Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 people ⓘ surface form: Beja language Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Cushitic languages Dinka language ⓘ Egyptian Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ surface form: English language Fur language ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ surface form: Nubian languages Nuer language ⓘ Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Turkish language ⓘ
ISOStatus	no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Arabic) ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Arabic languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Central Semitic languages ⓘ
primaryCountry	Sudan ⓘ
region	Nile Valley ⓘ Sahel ⓘ
sociolinguisticRole	lingua franca among different ethnic groups in Sudan ⓘ marker of Sudanese national and regional identity ⓘ
spokenIn	Chad ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
standardLanguageOf	no country (vernacular only) ⓘ
subclassOf	Arabic ⓘ
typologicalFeature	gender and number agreement on verbs and adjectives ⓘ 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 ⓘ