| Northwest Arabian Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Levantine Bedawi Arabic Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic | |
| Native to | Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Syria |
Native speakers | 3.0 million (2021–2023)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Arabic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | avl |
| Glottolog | east2690 |
Northwest Arabian Arabic (also called Levantine Bedawi Arabic or Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic) is a proposed[2] subfamily of Arabic encompassing the traditional Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Peninsula, the Negev, Gaza Strip, southern Jordan, and the northwestern corner of Saudi Arabia.[2]
The dialect of the Maʿāzah in the Egyptian Eastern Desert borders the dialect of the ʿAbābdah, who speak a dialect more closely related to Sudanese Arabic.[3] Research is needed to establish whether the Maʿāzah dialect is the southwestern extremity of Northwest Arabian on the Egyptian mainland.[3]
In Saudi Arabia, the dialects of the eastern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, the Hisma, and the Harrat al-Riha belong to the Northwest Arabian type, but the dialect of the Bili to the south is not closely related.[4]
- ^ Northwest Arabian Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ a b Palva, Heikki. "Northwest Arabian Arabic". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. doi:10.1163/1570-6699_eall_EALL_COM_vol3_0233. ISBN 978-90-04-17702-4.
- ^ a b de Jong 2011, p. 356.
- ^ Palva, Heikki (2004). "Remarks of the Arabic dialect of the Hwetat tribe". Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (29): 195–209.
