Unique Phonological Characteristics
Sudanese Arabic is distinct from Egyptian Arabic and does not share some of the characteristic properties of that dialect despite the overall similarity of the two dialects.
The Arabic letter ج maintains an archaic pronunciation in Sudanese (other dialects typically have, or, while Egyptian Arabic has ).
Sudanese Arabic also maintains an archaic rendering of qaf as (Voiced uvular plosive) while Egyptian (like some other modern Urban dialects) renders it as . The uvular rendering of qaf has been lost in nearly every other Arabic dialect and is also considered a relic.
Also peculiar to Sudanese is the quality of the Arabic vowel transliterated as u/ū; this is usually transliterated as o in materials on Sudanese because the sound ranges from ɵ~o rather than the typical ʊ~u.
In addition to differences in pronunciation, Sudanese Arabic also uses different words when compared to Egyptian Arabic. For example, the interrogative pronoun "what" in Sudan is shinu rather than "ay" as in Egyptian Arabic.
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