AJP ISO 639-3
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
أردني (Urduni) Autonym
A language of Jordan
- ISO 639
- ajp
- Alternate Names
- Levantine Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, South Levantine Arabic
- Autonym
- أردني (Urduni)
- Population
- 5,560,000 in Jordan (2019). Total users in all countries: 12,632,300.
- Location:
- ‘Ajlun, Al Balqa’, Al Karak, Al Mafraq, ‘Amman, Irbid, Jarash, and Madaba governorates.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- Madani, Fellahi. High mutual intelligibility with North Levantine Spoken Arabic [apc] (2017 N. E. Kelly). There is a village-to-village difference of which speakers are aware. Newly emerging urban standard dialect based on Amman. Lexical similarity (based on percentage of common words): 77%–90% with North Levantine Spoken Arabic [apc]. When comparing Standard Arabic [arb] to Algerian [arq], Tunisian [aeb], Palestinian [ajp], Syrian [apc], Jordanian [ajp], and Egyptian [arz] spoken varieties, South Levantine Spoken Arabic as spoken in Palestine (51.7%) is the most similar to Standard Arabic (Kwaik et al 2018, Harrat et al 2015). A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Domari [rmt], Western Armenian [hyw].
- Language Development
- Radio. TV. Grammar. Bible portions: 1940–1946.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Arab Emirates
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
532,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
34,900 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
19,800 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
8,940 in United Kingdom (2011). Total Arabic speakers in the United Kingdom: 159,000 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Honduras
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
32,000 in Honduras (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- Widespread.
- Dialects
- Madani, Fellahi.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication)
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian, Druze, Jewish. View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
1,430,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kuwait
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
65,000 in Kuwait (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
5,360 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Oman
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
17,900 in Oman (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Panama
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
8,600 in Panama (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- Widespread.
- Dialects
- Madani, Fellahi. Lexical similarity: When comparing Standard Arabic [arb] to Algerian [arq], Tunisian [aeb], Palestinian [ajp], Syrian [apc], Jordanian [ajp], and Egyptian [arz] spoken varieties, South Levantine Spoken Arabic as spoken in Palestine is the most similar to Standard Arabic (Kwaik et al 2018).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Distinct from North Levantine (Lebanese-Syrian) Arabic [apc]. Muslim, Christian. View other languages of Palestine
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
4,000,000 in Palestine (2019).
- Location
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Palestinians comprise one of the largest expatriate communities in Qatar where they seek work opportunities and education. View other languages of Qatar
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
380,000 in Qatar (2019).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Saudi Arabia
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
415,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
4,500 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Syria
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
33,300 in Syria (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
User Population
85,000 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
Map
Location: ‘Ajlun, Al Balqa’, Al Karak, Al Mafraq, ‘Amman, Irbid, Jarash, and Madaba governorates.
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