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  2. Languages of Sudan - Wikipedia

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    Then there are at least two kinds of colloquial Arabic in Sudan—that spoken in roughly the eastern half of the country and known as Sudanese or Omdurmani colloquial Arabic, and that spoken in Western Sudan, closely akin to the colloquial Arabic spoken in Chad. [2] There are other colloquial forms. [2]

  3. Sudanese Arabic - Wikipedia

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    In 1889 the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain claimed that the Arabic spoken in Sudan was "a pure but archaic Arabic". [12] This is related to Sudanese Arabic's realization of the Modern Standard Arabic voiceless uvular plosive [q] as the voiced velar stop [g], as is done in Sa'idi Arabic and other varieties of Sudanic Arabic, as well as Sudanese Arabic's ...

  4. List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official ...

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    Arabic (alongside English) was an official language in South Sudan from 1863 (these days a part of Egypt Eyalet (1517–1867)) until 2011 (that time the independent state Republic of South Sudan), when the former government canceled Arabic as an official language. Since 2011 English is the sole official language of South Sudan.

  5. Sudanese Arabs - Wikipedia

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    [4] However, Gasim broadly distinguishes between the varieties spoken by sedentary groups along the Nile (such as the Ja'aliyyin) and pastoralist groups (such as the Baggara groups of west Sudan). [18] The most widely-spoken variety of Sudanese is variably referred to as Central Sudanese Arabic, Central Urban Sudanese Arabic, or Khartoum Arabic ...

  6. Demographics of Sudan - Wikipedia

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    The most widely spoken languages in Sudan are: Arabic language: Sudanese Arabic. Najdi and Hejazi Arabic, (mainly in mid-north and mid-east regions). Chadian Arabic in western region, (mainly spoken by Baggara and various Arabized African tribes). Nubian language in far north, (mainly spoken by Nubians of Mahas, Dongola and Halfa).

  7. Messiria people - Wikipedia

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    Their language is primarily Sudanese Arabic, when Chadian Arabic is also spoken by a small number of them in Darfur. The numbers is varies, perhaps between 500,000 and 1 million in western Sudan, extending into eastern Chad. They are primarily nomadic cattle herders and their journeys are dependent upon the seasons of the year. The use of the ...

  8. Darfur - Wikipedia

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    Darfur (/ d ɑːr ˈ f ʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur') is a region of western Sudan. Dār is an Arabic word meaning "home [of]" – the region was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار داجو, romanized: Dār Dājū) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë c. 350 AD, and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر, romanized ...

  9. Arab world - Wikipedia

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    Typical parameters that may be applied include: whether Arabic is widely spoken; whether Arabic is an official or national language; or whether an Arabic cognate language is widely spoken. Varieties of Arabic. While Arabic dialects are spoken in a number of Arab League states, Literary Arabic is official in all of them. Several states have ...