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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Egypt > Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

A language of Egypt

ISO 639-3: avl

Population  860,000 in Egypt (2006). Population total all countries: 1,690,000.
Region  Bedouin regions in Sinai; parts of Red Sea coast, almost to south border; entire east bank. Also in Israel, Jordan, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Syria.
Language map  Egypt and Libya
Alternate names   Bedawi, Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic
Dialects  Northeast Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic. Similar to some Hijazi dialects in northwestern Saudi Arabia.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia).
Language development  TV.
Writing system  Arabic script.
Comments  Muslim (Sunni).

Also spoken in:

Jordan

Language name   Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
Population  700,000 in Jordan.
Region  Widespread but especially east.
Language map  Jordan and Syria
Alternate names  Bedawi
Dialects  South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic.
Comments  The language of Jordan before Palestinian refugees arrived. It remains the language of the army. Muslim (Sunni), Christian.
 

Palestinian West Bank and Gaza

Language name   Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
Population  10,000 in Palestinian West Bank and Gaza (1996).
Region  Judean desert and along Jordan River.
Alternate names  Bedawi
Dialects  South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic.
Comments  Muslim (Sunni).
 

Syria

Language name   Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
Population  70,000 in Syria.
Region  Southwest corner, Hawran region, from the border to within 35 kms. of Damascus.
Language map  Jordan and Syria
Alternate names  Bedawi
Comments  Muslim (Sunni), Christian.