South Levantine Arabic

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South Levantine Arabic
اللهجة الشامي الجنوبية
Native toJordan, Palestine
Native speakers
6.7 million (2016)[1]
Dialects
Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ajp
Glottologsout3123
  South Levantine
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South Levantine (Arabic: اللهجة الشامي الجنوبية), a subdivision of Levantine Arabic, begins in the HaZafon district,[2] south of Lebanon, and is present in the Palestinian territories as well as in the western area of Jordan (in the ‘Ajlun, Al Balqa’, Al Karak, Al Mafraq, ‘Amman, Irbid, Jarash, and Madaba governorates).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ {{{ld1}}} at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Arabic, South Levantine Spoken". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  3. ^ "Jordan and Syria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-21.

External links

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