Bedawi Arabic

Bedawi Arabic

Infobox Language
name=Bedawi Arabic
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Egypt, Jordan, Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Syria
speakers=1,610,000
fam2=Semitic
fam3=West Semitic
fam4=Central Semitic
fam5=South Central Semitic
fam6=Arabic
script=Arabic alphabet
iso3=avl

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. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=avl Ethnologue entry for Bedawi Arabic]
* 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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