Languages

Sudanese Arabic

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Sudanese Arabic." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sudanese-arabic.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Sudanese Arabic. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sudanese-arabic

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-sudanese-arabic,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Sudanese Arabic},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sudanese-arabic},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Sudanese Arabic, also called the Sudanese dialect or Colloquial Sudanese, refers to the varieties of Arabic spoken in Sudan as well as parts of Egypt, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

apd 1

Speaker Count

52,000,000 1

Ethnologue total figure, 2022-2024.

Region

Gezira, Khartoum, River Nile, Northern, Kordofan, White Nile, Sennar, Qadarif, Anseba, Gash-Barka 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Afro-Asiatic

Source Wikipedia: Sudanese Arabic

In the Other Atlases

Also in Geography Atlas: Sudan, located there.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Sudanese Arabic

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Sudanese Arabic, also referred to as the Sudanese dialect ..., Colloquial Sudanese ... refers to the various related varieties of Arabic spoken in Sudan as well as parts of Egypt, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

View the Source

1. Wikipedia: Sudanese Arabic

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, ISO 639-3

Quote, Infobox, ISO 639-3