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- Afroasiatic
- Semitic
- Saʽidi Arabic
ISO 639-3 · aecaec
Afroasiatic family
Saʽidi Arabic
صعيدي
Saʽidi Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Egypt. Wikidata counts 22.4 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “variety of Arabic spoken by the Ṣa‘īdi people south of Cairo, Egypt to the border of Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aec- Glottocode
said1239- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Centre point
- 25.41, 30.53
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
22.4 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saʽidi Arabic · صعيدي |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saidi Arabic, Upper Egyptian Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 22,400,000 (2019) |
| 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 Saʽidi Arabic
The branches above Saʽidi 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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