Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Western Bedouin Dialects; Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic; Bedawi; Levantine Bedawi Arabic; Arabic
Spoken in:
Syria, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Egypt
Number of speakers:
860,000 in Egypt (2006). Population total all countries: 1,690,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
avl
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Syro-Palestinian; Levantine (arsy)
Child Dialects:
Northeast Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (avl-noe)
North Levantine Bedawi Arabic (avl-nor)
South Levantine Bedawi Arabic (avl-sou)
Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (avl-eas)

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