Sulaimitian Arabic
The Maghrebi Arabic of Libya, transitional between western Maghrebi and Egyptian. Tripolitanian and Cyrenaican varieties differ noticeably in vocabulary and phonology.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 32.87°, 13.19°
Dialect comparison
Libyan Arabic vs Sudanese Arabic
Compare two dialects of Arabic side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
The Arabic of Sudan, retaining a number of older features lost in other dialects and shaped by long contact with Nubian and other African languages.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 15.50°, 32.56°
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