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Arabic, Sudanese Creole

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: pga

Population	20,000 (1987).
Region	South, widespread in Equatoria region, into Bahr al Ghazal and Upper Nile regions. Refugees have gone to other countries.
Alternate names	Juba Arabic, Pidgin Arabic, Southern Sudan Arabic
Dialects	Dialectal variations in different areas due to different local vernaculars.
Classification	Creole, Arabic based A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia).
Language use	Trade language. 44,000 L2 speakers. Used as the major language of communication in Equatoria, and south of Wau and Malakal. Used in religious services as L1 or L2 in Juba and other towns. Most people in towns speak at least 2 languages, including Creole Arabic [pga].
Language development	Bible portions: 1983–1985.
Comments	SVO; tonal.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BIAJO OLA, Louis; WATSON, Richard L., authors. 1985. Juba Arabic for beginners.

WATSON, Richard L., author. 1989. "An introduction to Juba Arabic."

WATSON, Richard L.; WISE, Mary Ruth, editors. 1989. Occasional papers in the study of Sudanese languages no. 6.