Meanings
- uncountableLibyan Arabic.
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Within Africa at least the following have to be clearly distinguished: Egyptian (42,500); Hassaniya (2,230), spoken in Mauritania and parts of Mali, Senegal and Niger; Moroccan (19, 542); Shua (1,031), spoken in parts of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger; Sudanese (16,000-19,000), spoken mainly in northern Sudan but with speakers in Egypt and Eritrea; Algerian Colloquial (22,400), spoken also in Tunisia; and Salaimitian (4,500) spoken in parts of Libya and Egypt.
2000, Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse, African Languages: An Introduction, page 79Synonyms: Sulaimitian Arabic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLibyan Arabic.
Origin
A reference to the Hilalian-Sulaimi migration.
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Sulaimitian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sulaimitian
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