Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken
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A language of Egypt
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic
Population
1,030,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 2,239,000.
Location
Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Isma’iliyah, As Suways, and Bur Sa’id governorates: parts of Red Sea coast east bank, almost to south border; Janub Sina’, Shamal Sina’, and Sinai governorates: mainly Bedouin regions.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Northeast Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic. Similar to some Hijazi dialects in northwestern Saudi Arabia. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Development
TV.
Language Resources
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Muslim.