Arabic in the CAR

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Arabic in the CAR

dusseaux.antoine_289191, Mon, 2022-09-05 15:40
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According to "Map 11.2 Arab tribes in the central African Baggara belt (after Owens 1993: 17)" in The Arabic Language, Versteegh, 2014, p. 206, Arabic is only spoken in the North East of the Central African Republic. The map for [shu] and the map for the CAR ( https://www.ethnologue.com/country/CF/maps ) should be updated accordingly.

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Chuck Fennig, Thu, 2022-09-15 10:57

Dear Antoine,

Thank you for this information on Chadian Spoken Arabic (Shuwa) [shu] in the Central African Republic.

We will look into this for more information.

Best regards,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

dusseaux.antoine_289191, Sun, 2022-09-18 06:18

This source provides a map showing the location of Beggara people in the CAR: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/3/146

Similar map in the Joshua Project: https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14926/CT

"Shuwa Arab in Central African Republic" and "Main Language Arabic, Chadian Spoken"

Population: 123,000

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