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  2. Varieties of Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively. [2] Arabic is a Semitic language within the Afroasiatic family that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. There are considerable variations from region to region, with degrees of mutual intelligibility that are often related ...

  3. Levantine Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: ‏ شامي ‎ šāmi or اللهجة الشامية el-lahje š-šāmiyye), is an Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana, Mersin and Hatay provinces). With over 54 million speakers, Levantine is ...

  4. Palestinian Arabic - Wikipedia

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    The dialects spoken by the Arabs of the Levant – the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean – or Levantine Arabic, form a group of dialects of Arabic. Arabic manuals for the "Syrian dialect" were produced in the early 20th century, [10] and in 1909 a specific "Palestinean Arabic" manual was published. The Palestinian Arabic dialects are ...

  5. Amiyah - Wikipedia

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    Amiyah may refer to: Amaya (disambiguation) A local colloquial variety of Arabic, called ...

  6. Hadhrami Arabic - Wikipedia

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    For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Hadhrami Arabic, or Ḥaḍrami Arabic (ḤA), is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Hadharem (Ḥaḍārem) living in the region of Hadhramaut in southeastern Yemen, with a small number of speakers found in Kenya. [1]

  7. Bahrani Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Bahrani Arabic (also known as Bahrani or Baharna Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Baharna in Eastern Arabia and Oman. [2] In Bahrain, the dialect is primarily spoken in Shia villages and some parts of Manama. In Saudi Arabia, the dialect is spoken in the governorate of Qatif. In Oman, it is spoken in the governorates of Al Dhahirah ...

  8. Baggara Arabs - Wikipedia

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    The Baggāra (Arabic: البَقَّارَة, romanized: al baqqāra "heifer herder" [5]) or Chadian Arabs are a nomadic confederation of people of mixed Arab and Arabized indigenous African ancestry, [6][7] inhabiting a portion of the Sahel mainly between Lake Chad and the Nile river near south Kordofan, numbering over six million. [8]

  9. Graeco-Arabic translation movement - Wikipedia

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    Translation. The Graeco-Arabic translation movement was a large, well-funded, and sustained effort responsible for translating a significant volume of secular Greek texts into Arabic. [1] The translation movement took place in Baghdad from the mid-eighth century to the late tenth century. [1][2] While the movement translated from many languages ...