Re: Varieties of Arabic

["Yusuf B Gursey"]

Paul D wrote:
> On 2006-08-17 20:57:23 +0900, "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim"
> <Jdibrahim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > 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):
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. Middle East
> > - Mesopotamian              Iraq / Kuwait
> > - Levantine:                Syria / Lebanon / Jordan / Palestine
> > - Arabian Peninsular:       Saudi Arabia / UAE / Bahrain
> > - Yemen& Oman               Yemen / Oman
> >
> > 2. Africa
> > - Egyptian:                         Egypt, Sudan, Libya
> > - North African (Maghreb)           Algeria / Morocco / Tunisia
> >   West Arabian
> >
> > - African                           Mauritania, West Sahara
> >                                                 Somalia, / Djibouti?,
> > Eritrea?
> >                                                 Chad?
>
> What about Malta? Maltese is an Arabic dialect, albeit with a lot of
> borrowing from Sicilian.

also off the map is Cypriot Maronite Arabic, which has stayed out of
touch witht other varieties for centuries.

among the african dialects is N. Nigerian arabic.

among the creoles & pidgins is that of S. Sudan and S. Chad, and Uganda
(Nubi or KiNubi) and places like C. African Republic.

related to Hassaniya is the "moorish" of non-arab countries of W Africa.