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ISO 639-3 · avlavl
Afroasiatic family
Bedawi Arabic
Bedawi Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Israel and 1 more country. Wikidata describes it as “variety of Arabic spoken by Bedouins mostly in eastern Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula and along the north of the Red Sea, and also in the South of Jordan, and the north-west corner of Saudi Arabia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
avl- Glottocode
east2690- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bedawi Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, Northwest Arabian Arabic |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Bedawi Arabic
The branches above Bedawi Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Egypt
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