Bedawi Arabic

Northwest Arabian Arabic
A Bedawi-speaking Bedouin person, 1913
Native to	Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia & Syria
Native speakers	1.7 million (prior to 1996 – 2006)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Peninsular Arabic Northwest Arabian Arabic
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	east2690

Bedawi Arabic (also known as Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic [ISO 639-3], Bedawi, Levantine Bedawi Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Bedouins mostly in eastern Egypt, and also in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Dialects include Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, South Levantine Bedawi Arabic, and North Levantine Bedawi Arabic.