Dialect comparison

Sudanese Arabic vs Yemeni 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°
Yemeni Arabic

A cluster of conservative Arabic varieties across Yemen. Often cited as preserving features close to Classical Arabic that have shifted elsewhere.

Approximate centre
15.36°, 44.20°

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