- 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=avlBedawi 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 inJordan ,Israel , theWest Bank , theGaza Strip andSyria . 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.]Notes
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.Links
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