Nigerian Arabic

Nigerian Arabic

Infobox Language
name=Nigerian Arabic
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=northern Nigeria
fam2=Semitic
fam3=West Semitic
fam4=Central Semitic
fam5=South-Central Semitic
fam6=Arabic
script=Arabic alphabet
nation="none"
agency="none"
iso3=?

Nigerian Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken in the furthest northeastern part of Nigeria. It is characterized by the loss of both the pharyngeals IPA| [ħ] and IPA| [ʕ] , the interdental fricatives IPA| [ð] and IPA| [θ] , and the diphthongs [cite journal |last=Andrew |first=Fox|title=Nigerian Arabic-English Dictionary, Book Review|journal=Language|volume=64 |year=1988 |month=October |issue=4|pages=836|doi=10.2307/414603 ] The following is a sample vocabulary:

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