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Sudanese Arabic 101: Making Small Talk

March 23, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 4 Comments

a sudanese elementary school with mickey mouse painted on the out sideAround 200,000,000 people spread out over 25 countries are native speakers of Arabic. While classical Koranic Arabic is unanimous across all these countries, the dialect and vernacular can vary drastically. In any case, of the 7 Arabic speaking countries I have visited, Sudanese Arabic is the best, and perhaps even the best in the world, in terms of small talk. All you need to do is repeat one word and you’re set! Check out the video below to see what I mean.

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Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: language, middle east, sudan

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  1. soloflightEd says

    March 26, 2012 at 11:01 am

    hahaha. was skeptical about the video at first. haha. cool one-word conversation.

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    • The Runaway Guide says

      March 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm

      Cheers Ed

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  2. Los Angeles says

    March 23, 2012 at 5:56 am

    Sudan looks like a cool place. How hot does it get?

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    • The Runaway Guide says

      March 23, 2012 at 6:06 am

      It gets pretty hot. It’s been averaging around 100-110 but they say in the summer it goes up to 130f or 50c.

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