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Preferred term

aylLibyan Arabic  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Libyan Arabic (Lībi ليبي; also known as Sulaimitian Arabic) is a collective term for the closely related varieties of Arabic spoken in Libya. It can be divided into two major dialect areas; the eastern centred in Benghazi and Bayda, and the western centred in Tripoli and Misrata. The eastern variety extends beyond the borders to the east into western Egypt.

Entry terms

  • Arabic, Libyan

ISO 639-3 code

  • ayl

Notation

  • ayl

In other languages

  • Libysch-Arabisch

    German

  • Portuguese

  • Árabe libio

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ayl

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