Writing system Arabic alphabet Glottolog east2690 | ISO 639-3 avl | |
Native to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia & Syria Native speakers 1.7 million (prior to 1996 – 2006) Language family Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central Semitic
Arabic
Peninsular Arabic
Northwest Arabian Arabic |
Bedawi Arabic (also known as Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic [ISO 639-3], Bedawi, Levantine Bedawi Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Bedouins mostly in eastern Egypt, and also in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Dialects include Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, and North Levantine Bedawi Arabic.
References
Northwest Arabian Arabic Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA