Classification of Arabic languages

The North Arabian[1] branch of the Semitic language family, consists of languages and dialects spoken in pre-Islamic North and Central Arabia and South Syria, the majority of which were the descendants of Proto-Arabic and their descendants, including:

North Arabian
Geographic
distribution
North Africa, Middle East, Malta
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Glottologarab1394

See also

Notes

Literature

  • Cantineau, Jean (1955). "La dialectologie arabe", Orbis 4:149–169.
  • Fischer, Wolfdietrich, & Otto Jastrow (ed) (1980). Handbuch der arabischen Dialekte, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz.
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