South Levantine Arabic | |
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اللهجة الشامية الجنوبية | |
Native to | Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria |
Native speakers | 12.4 million (2021)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ajp |
Glottolog | sout3123 |
IETF | ajp |
![]() South Levantine | |
South Levantine Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة الشامية الجنوبية), a subdivision of Levantine Arabic, is spoken in the Southern Levant, mostly the Palestinian Territories, Israel as well as in most of Jordan (in the ‘Ajlun, Al Balqa’, Al Karak, Al Mafraq, ‘Amman, Irbid, Jarash, and Madaba governorates).[2] It is also spoken in Southern Syria, particularly in the Hauran region of Daraa Governorate.[3] South Levantine Arabic is further subdivided in Jordanian Arabic and Palestinian Arabic.
See also
References
- ^ South Levantine Arabic at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ "Jordan and Syria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ "Arabic - MultiTree". www.multitree.org. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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