South Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic
اللهجة الشامية الجنوبية
Native to	Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria
Native speakers	11.6 million (2016)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Levantine Arabic South Levantine Arabic; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Jordanian Arabic; Palestinian Arabic;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ajp
Glottolog	sout3123
IETF	ajp
	South Levantine
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South Levantine (Arabic: اللهجة الشامية الجنوبية), a subdivision of Levantine Arabic, is spoken in the Southern Levant, in areas such as the Palestinian Territories, Israel as well as in most of Jordan (in the ‘Ajlun, Al Balqa’, Al Karak, Al Mafraq, ‘Amman, Irbid, Jarash, and Madaba governorates).^[2] It is also spoken in Southern Syria, particularly in the Hauran region of Daraa Governorate. ^[3]