Sudanese Arabic
Spoken in
And partly in:
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Saudi Arabia
- Afro-Asiatic languages Semitic languages South-Central Semitic languages Arabic Language Sudanese Arabic
Ar ( Arabic)
Sudanese Arabic is an Arabic dialect that is spoken in Sudan and South Sudan and has a strong resemblance to the dialects of Upper Egypt, and also of the Hejaz.
It is spoken mainly in the north, west and east of these countries. Sudanese Arabic is divided into sub- dialects. The dialect spoken in the capital region Khartoum / Omdurman is the most common and is understood in other regions. Is usually written Modern Standard Arabic.
The number of speakers in Sudan and South Sudan amounts to about 15 million (as of 1991), as well as approximately 3.986 million (as of 1991) in Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia.
Sudanese Arabic is considered one of the least explored Arabic dialects and has his hand strong influence on the Juba - South Sudan Arab exercised.
Properties
ج is usually as a voiceless palatal plosive or depending on the word, often in direct succession in a consonant, such as [ j], ( IPA: [c ] ) pronounced ق as [g ]. The negation is the same as in Saudi Arabia letter prefix ma -, as opposed to the Egyptian- Arab without a second negation element - š.
Regarded as typical Sudanese expressions: ZOL (man ), Hassani (now), Bakir (tomorrow) Sigges, (whereas ) (the latter two words are only regionally common).
Sudanese phrases
? تعرف taarif - literally means only you know, this is often used mutatis mutandis as talking / you understand Arabic in Sudan? ? كيف Keef - literally just as, in Sudan but as a complete How are you? whereupon the typical answer is depending on the region or تمام انا شديد. ? مش / مش كدا mush / mush kida - used at the end of a sentence after a finding sentence, as in English is not it? ? في شنو fii shino - About What 's going on?. Also used when one does not understand the other person within the meaning of item?? داير شنو daair shino - What do you want, even above as What 's going on?. A special feature is often not reclassifying by ة to female addressee or more persons who are thus addressed in the masculine form singular.! اسمع asma - imperative of listening to so stop! . Again, it is striking that very often failure to adapt to female addressee or to several persons.
Sudanese structure words
As in all Arabic dialects the structure of words vary greatly from the high level language, which makes understanding the learner often particularly difficult. Therefore, here is a brief list of some important structural words:
- وين - ween - Where
- بعدين - baadeen - after
- يمب - Yamb - next
- منو - mino - who
- شنو - shino - What
- متين - miteen - When
- قدام - giddaam - spatially in front of something
- هسة - Hassani - now
- في - fii - in addition to the high linguistic significance as there is.
- داير - daair - used as want the German auxiliary verb, immutable except for the tribe of adaptation to the caregiver.
- لازم - laazim - used as the German auxiliary verb must, absolutely immutable.
- ممكن - momkin - used as the German auxiliary verb can, in the sense of, it is possible / allowed, absolutely immutable.