Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken

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A language of Egypt

ISO 639-3
aec
Alternate Names
Saidi Arabic, Upper Egypt Arabic
User Population

24,100,000 (2019).

Location

Widespread: Al-Minya governorate and south to Sudan border; Red Sea area; Cairo area.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Middle Egypt Arabic, Upper Egypt Arabic. Most similar to Hijazi Spoken Arabic [acw]. Reportedly also similar to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd], especially in the south, but heavily influenced by Cairene Arabic (Cairo speech). A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Language Use

Also use Egyptian Spoken Arabic [arz], particularly Cairene dialect, some speakers as L2. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd], but do not prefer it. Used as L2 by Mattokki [xnz], Nobiin [fia].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Some might be in Libya or the Gulf.