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Where is South Sudanese Creole Arabic spoken?

South Sudanese Creole Arabic is an Afro-Asiatic language, spoken in South Sudan. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where South Sudanese Creole Arabic is spoken

South Sudanese Creole Arabic is spoken in one country: South Sudan.

Country
South Sudan

South Sudanese Creole Arabic has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak South Sudanese Creole Arabic?

Wikidata gives about 20,000 first-language speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 1987). It also lists about 800,000 second-language speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 2013). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where South Sudanese Creole Arabic sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies South Sudanese Creole Arabic as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Afro-Asiatic
  2. Semitic
  3. West Semitic
  4. Central Semitic
  5. Arabian
  6. Arabic
  7. Egyptic Arabic
  8. Egypto-Sudanic Arabic
  9. Sudanese-Chadian Arabic
  10. East Sudanic Arabic
  11. South Sudanese Creole Arabic

Related languages

Other languages in the East Sudanic Arabic group:

More about South Sudanese Creole Arabic

Codes: ISO 639-3 pga, Glottolog suda1237. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about South Sudanese Creole Arabic

Where is South Sudanese Creole Arabic spoken?

South Sudanese Creole Arabic is spoken in South Sudan. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

How many people speak South Sudanese Creole Arabic?

Wikidata gives about 20,000 first-language speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 1987). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled. It also lists about 800,000 second-language speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 2013).

Which language family is South Sudanese Creole Arabic in?

Glottolog places South Sudanese Creole Arabic in the Afro-Asiatic family, in the branch Semitic, West Semitic, Central Semitic, Arabian, Arabic, Egyptic Arabic, Egypto-Sudanic Arabic, Sudanese-Chadian Arabic and East Sudanic Arabic.

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