Urban Jordanian Arabic

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature gptkb:Bedouin_Jordanian_Arabic
gptkb:Rural_Jordanian_Arabic
gptkbp:hasFeature influences from Palestinian and Syrian dialects
less use of Bedouin features
gptkbp:hasGrammar simplified verb conjugation compared to Bedouin dialects
gptkbp:hasPhonology merges interdental sounds with dental stops
uses /g/ instead of /q/ in some words
gptkbp:hasVocabulary borrows from English and French
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Urban Jordanian Arabic
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Levantine_Arabic
gptkb:Modern_Standard_Arabic
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ajp
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
gptkb:Semitic_languages
Central Semitic languages
gptkbp:region urban centers of Jordan
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Amman
gptkb:Jordan
Irbid
Zarqa
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Jordanian_Arabic
gptkbp:usedBy urban population of Jordan
gptkbp:writingSystem Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jordanian_Arabic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6