Bimbashi Arabic
Arabic-based pidgin of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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Bimbashi Arabic ("soldier Arabic", or Mongallese) was a pidgin of Arabic which developed among military troops in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and was popular from 1870 to 1920.[1] Bimbashi later branched and developed into three languages: Turku (and its modern descendant Bongor Arabic) in Chad, Ki-Nubi in Kenya and Uganda, and Juba Arabic in South Sudan.[2]
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Further reading
- Holes, C. (2004). Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, and Varieties. Georgetown University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781589010222. Retrieved 2015-02-22.