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Bareqi Arabic

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Bareqi Arabic
Native toBareq,Saudi Arabia
Arabic Alpha bet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Bareqi Arabic(Arabic:لهجة بارقية) is one of thedialectsspoken inSaudi Arabia.[1][2]It is spoken in many towns and villages in and aroundBareq.

Characteristics

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Bareqi Arabic has many aspects that differentiate it from all other dialects in the Arab world. Phonologically, Bareqi Arabic is similar to the majority of Saudi Arabia dialects andHimyaritic language.All Bareqi dialects also share the unusual feature of replacing the definite articleal-with the prefixam-[citation needed].The dialects of many towns and villages in the wadi and the coastal region are characterized by having changed ج (//) to apalatal approximantي[j](called//yodization).

References

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  1. ^Obeid, Sara A. (2015)."The transfer of L1 attitudes towards L2 varieties: A preliminary investigation"(PDF).Hawaii Pacific University TESOL Working Paper Series.
  2. ^Häberl, Charles."(Endangered Languages of) The Middle East and North Africa".{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)

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