Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken
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A language of Egypt
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Sa’idi, Upper Egypt Arabic
Population
19,000,000 (2006).
Location
Widespread; Cairo to Sudan border.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Language Use
Speakers of Cairene (dialect of Egyptian Spoken Arabic) [arz] do not understand Sa’idi, but speakers of Sa’idi understand Cairene, and some use it as L2. Prefer Cairene over Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Prefer Cairene (dialect of Egyptian Spoken Arabic) [arz] over Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Used as L2 by Mattokki [xnz].
Language Development
Grammar.
Language Resources
Writing
Arabic script [Arab].
Some might be in Libya or the Gulf.