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Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> > I understand it is not that easy to classify the many varieties of
> > Arabic but it is still useful for orientation.I would like now to make
> > the following proposal (subject to change):
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> > 1. Middle East
> > - Mesopotamian Iraq / Kuwait
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> there is also N. Iraqi (syro-mesopotamian or Mosuli) in this group.
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> and S. iraqi and kuwaiti are close to UAE/ Bahrain.
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> > - Levantine: Syria / Lebanon / Jordan / Palestine
> > - Arabian Peninsular: Saudi Arabia / UAE / Bahrain
> > - Yemen& Oman Yemen / Oman
> >
> > 2. Africa
> > - Egyptian: Egypt, Sudan, Libya
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> NO! Libyan belongs N. Africa
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> and Sudan, Chad are not usually classsified as "Egyptian"
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> > - North African (Maghreb) Algeria / Morocco / Tunisia
> > West Arabian
> >
> > - African Mauritania, West Sahara
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> these two are called Hassaniya and belong to N. Africa
N. African dialects typically have nif3il for the the 1st person sing.
and nif3ilu for the 1st person plural. also usually *zh* and sometimes
*dj* for jim, usually g for qaf. Hassaniya preserves interdentals and
has saf3al for the causative.
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> > Somalia, / Djibouti?,
> > Eritrea?
>
> I already told you these countries don't have significant native arabic
> speaking populations.
lump them under pidjins and creoles.
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> > Chad?
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