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Bongor Arabic

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Bongor Arabic
Native toChad
Early form
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologbong1302

Bongor Arabic is a Sudanese Arabic-based creole language that serves as a lingua franca in and around the town of Bongor, Chad.[1][2] It is a direct descendant of Turku Arabic, a former lingua franca of Chad.[2]

Main changes

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These are some of the main distinctive features of Bongor Arabic:[3]

Vocabulary

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Bongor[2] Origin[2] English
žurnalíst From French journaliste journalist
zúska From French jusqu'à when; during
kalám From Arabic كلامkalām speech; to speak
wotír From French voiture car
úsum From Arabic اسمism name
wáy From Arabic واحدwāħid one

References

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  1. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bongor Arabic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ^ a b c d Manfredi, Stefano; Lucas, Christopher (2019). Arabic and Contact-induced Change. Language Science Press. pp. 323–325. ISBN 9783961102518.
  3. ^ Lafkioui, Mena (2013). African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology. Germany: De Gruyter. p. 162. ISBN 9783110292343.