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AVL ISO 639-3

Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken

بدوي‎ (Badawi) Autonym

A language of Egypt

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic
Autonym
بدوي‎ (Badawi)
Population
1,100,000 in Egypt (2019). Total users in all countries: 2,430,300.
Location:
Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Isma’iliyah, As Suways, and Bur Sa’id governorates: parts of Red Sea coast east bank, almost to south border; Janub Sina’, Shamal Sina’, and Sinai governorates: mainly Bedouin regions.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects
Northeast Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic. Similar to some Hijazi dialects in northwestern Saudi Arabia. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Development
TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Other Comments
Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
User Population
121,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
Location
Disputed territory east of Jerusalem on west bank of lower Jordan river and upper Dead sea, scattered.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
User Population
1,110,000 in Jordan (2019).
Location
Widespread but especially east.
Dialects
South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
The language of Jordan before Palestinian refugees arrived. Remains the language of the army. Muslim, Christian.
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Language Name
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
User Population
28,300 in Palestine (2019).
Location
Jericho and Al Aghwar, Jerusalem and Bethlehem governorates, Judean desert, Jordan river and Dead Sea area.
Dialects
South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, North Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Muslim.
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Language Name
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
User Population
71,000 in Syria (2019).
Location
As Suwayda’ and Dara’a governorates in southwest corner; Hauran region southwest, from the border to within 35 km of Damascus.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Muslim, Christian.
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Map

Location: Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Isma’iliyah, As Suways, and Bur Sa’id governorates: parts of Red Sea coast east bank, almost to south border; Janub Sina’, Shamal Sina’, and Sinai governorates: mainly Bedouin regions.