Enam Al-Wer, Bruno Herin, Igor Younes, Areej Al-Hawamdeh

Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik, Jahrgang 77 (2023), Ausgabe 2, Seite 72 - 85

The article provides the first empirically based description of the Druze dialect in Jordan. The description is based on the speech of twelve male and female adult native speakers and seven hours of recorded material. The research was conducted during 2019 and 2022 in two Druze towns in northern Jordan, namel y Azraq and Umm al-Quṭṭēn. The article covers the basic grammar of the dialect, and lexis. The analysis shows that the Druze dialect of Jordan shares the bulk of its distinctive features with the Druze dialect of Ǧabal al-ʿArab, while displaying some linguistic influence from neighbouring Jordanian Sedentary as well as Bedouin varieties. A transcribed and translated sample of the dialect is included.

Igor Younes

Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik, Jahrgang 2022 (2022), Ausgabe 76, Seite 94 - 106

The aim of this paper is to present a full text in the Bedouin šāwi dialect of the ʿAtīǧ tribe which is established in the Wādi Xālǝd region of Lebanon in the far northeast of the country. The text is to be accompanied with a translation and a grammatical analysis in order to enlight the salient features of this dialect. The nature of the text is that of spontaneous speech relating the customs and the traditions of the tribe.

This article is written in French.