Nigerian Arabic
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| Nigerian Arabic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | northern Nigeria | |
| Total speakers: | — | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic South-Central Semitic Arabic Nigerian Arabic |
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| Writing system: | Arabic alphabet | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | none | |
| Regulated by: | none | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | ? | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Nigerian Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken in the furthest northeastern part of Nigeria. It is characterized by the loss of both the pharyngeals [ħ] and [ʕ], the interdental fricatives [ð] and [θ], and the diphthongs[1] The following is a sample vocabulary:
| word | meaning | notes |
|---|---|---|
| anīna | we | |
| 'alme | water | frozen definite aticle 'al |
| īd | hand | |
| īd | festival | |
| jidãda, jidãd | chicken, (collective)chicken |
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