Bareqi Arabic

Bareqi Arabic
Native to	Bareq
Native speakers	60,000
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Arabic proper Peninsular Bareqi Arabic
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Bareqi Arabic (Arabic: لهجة بارقية) is the variety of Arabic spoken in Bareq, Saudi Arabia. It is spoken in many towns and villages in that wadi.

Characteristics

Bareqi Arabic has many aspects that differentiate it from all other dialects in the Arab world. Phonologically, Bareqi Arabic is similar to the majority of Yemeni dialects and Himyaritic language. All Bareqi dialects also share the unusual feature of replacing the definite article al- with the prefix am-. The dialects of many towns and villages in the wadi and the coastal region are characterized by having changed ج (/dʒ/) to a palatal approximant ي [j] (called /dʒ/ yodization).

References

• The information in this article is based on that in its Arabic equivalent.