Chadian and Sudanese Arabic in the light of comparative Arabic dialectology

The study of Arabic linguistics and Arabic dialectology is mainly limited to the study of classical Arabic, old Arabic dialects, Middle Arabic dialects, and some of the modern dialects. The aim of this work is to present an introduction to selected synchronic and diachronic aspects of the two most neglected areas of the modern sedentary Arabic dialects, i.e. Sudanese colloquial Arabic and Chadian Arabic.

The book also tried to present outlines of the grammar of each dialect. The lack of scholarly attention to these major dialects is due to the relatively remote geographical positions of the Sudan and Chad as well as to dialectologists’ preference for more “‘civilized”’ areas in which to do research, e.g. Egypt or Lebanon.