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Preferred term

pgaJuba Arabic  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Juba Arabic is a lingua franca spoken mainly in Equatoria Province in South Sudan, and derives its name from the town of Juba, South Sudan. It is also spoken among communities of people from South Sudan living in towns in Sudan. The pidgin developed in the 19th century, among descendants of Sudanese soldiers, many of whom were forcibly recruited from southern Sudan. Residents of other large towns in South Sudan, notably Malakal and Wau, do not generally speak Juba Arabic, tending towards the use of Arabic closer to Sudanese Arabic, in addition to local languages.

Entry terms

  • Creole Arabic, Sudanese
  • Sudanese Creole Arabic

ISO 639-3 code

  • pga

In other languages

  • عربية جوبا

    Arabic

  • Arabe de Djouba

    French

  • Dschuba-Arabisch

    German

  • Bahasa Arab Juba

    Indonesian

  • Јужносудански арапски пиџин

    Serbian

  • Árabe Juba

    Spanish

  • Tiếng Ả Rập Juba

    Vietnamese

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/pga

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