Sa`idi Arabic (Arabic: صعيدي, also known as Saidi Arabic) is the variety of Arabic spoken by Sa'idis south of Cairo, Egypt to the border of Sudan. It shares linguistic features both with Egyptian Arabic, as well as Sudanese Arabic. Dialects include Middle and Upper Egyptian Arabic. Speakers of Egyptian Arabic do not always understand more conservative varieties of Sa`idi Arabic.
Sa'idi Arabic carries little prestige nationally though it continue...
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