Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
apd
Alternate Names
Khartoum Arabic, Sudanese Arabic
Population

15,000,000 in South Sudan and Sudan. Population total all countries: 1,833,000.

Location

Widespread as L1 or L2. Also in Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan.

Language Status

3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Ja’ali, Khartoum, North Kordofan Arabic, Shukri, Western Sudanese. Western Sudan Spoken Arabic and Khartoum Arabic dialects have little compatibility (Kaye 1988).

Language Use

All domains except written. All ages. Positive attitudes.

Language Development
Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. NT: 1978.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
Writing
Arabic script. Latin script.
Other Comments

Written form rarely used; Standard Arabic [arb] used instead.

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