ISO 639-3 · pgapga
Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages family · creole or pidgin
Juba Arabic
Juba Arabic is a creole or pidgin of the Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages branch, spoken in South Sudan. Wikidata counts 20,000 first-language speakers (2013) and 800,000 who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “lingua franca spoken in South Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pga- Glottocode
suda1237- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
20,000first-language speakers
800,000second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Juba Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sudanese Creole Arabic, Southern Sudan Arabic, Pidgin Arabic, Arabi Juba |
| L1 speakers | 20,000 (1987) |
| L2 speakers | 800,000 (2013) |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages to Juba Arabic
The branches above Juba Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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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 South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational