Dialect comparison

Sudanese Arabic vs Tunisian Arabic

Compare two dialects of Arabic side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Sudanese Arabic

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°
Tunisian Arabic

Tounsi · Derja

The Maghrebi Arabic of Tunisia. Notable for vowel reductions, a rich set of French and Italian loanwords, and a literary written tradition unusual among colloquial Arabic varieties.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
36.81°, 10.18°

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