Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

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A language of Egypt

ISO 639-3
avl
Alternate Names
Bedawi, Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic
Population

860,000 in Egypt (2006). Population total all countries: 1,690,000.

Location

Mainly Bedouin regions in Sinai, Janub Sina’ and Shamal Sina’ governorates; parts of Red Sea coast, almost to south border, east bank, Bur Sa’id, Al Isma’iliyah, As Suways, and Al Bahr al Ahmar governorates.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Northeast Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic. Similar to some Hijazi dialects in northwestern Saudi Arabia. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Language Development
TV.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken
Writing

Arabic script [Arab].

Other Comments

Muslim (Sunni).

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