Bimbashi Arabic

Bimbashi Arabic
Mongallese
RegionAnglo-Egyptian Sudan
Era1870–1920
Arabic-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologearl1245

Bimbashi Arabic ("soldier Arabic", or Mongallese) was a pidgin of Arabic which developed among military troops in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and was popular from 1870 to 1920.[1] Bimbashi later branched and developed into three languages: Turku (and its modern descendant Bongor Arabic) in Chad, Ki-Nubi in Kenya and Uganda, and Juba Arabic in South Sudan.[2]

  1. ^ Pidginization and Creolization of Languages. CUP Archive. 1971. p. 518. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
  2. ^ مساهمات في اللغويات العربية. Kotobarabia.com. p. 24. Retrieved 2015-02-22.