Not to be confused with Beja language.
| Bedawi Arabic | ||
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| Spoken in | Egypt, Jordan, Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Syria | |
| Total speakers | 1,610,000 | |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Arabic alphabet | |
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| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | avl | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Bedawi Arabic (also known as Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic [ISO 639-3], Bedawi, Levantine Bedawi Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Bedouins mostly in eastern Egypt, and also in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Syria. Dialects include Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, and North Levantine Bedawi Arabic.[1]
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References
- Gordon, Raymond G.. Jr., ed. (2005), "Bedawi Arabic", Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.), Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=avl
Further reading
- Haim Blanc. 1970. "The Arabic Dialect of the Negev Bedouins," Proceedings of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 4/7:112-150.
- Judith Rosenhouse. 1984. The Bedouin Arabic Dialects: General Problems and Close Analysis of North Israel Bedouin Dialects. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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