| has gloss | eng: Nigerian Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken in the farthest northeastern part of Nigeria in Borno State especially in Maidaguri where constitute 10% of the population. It is characterized by the loss of both the pharyngeals and , the interdental fricatives , and , and diphthongs. But it also has , and as extra non-allophonic emphatics. Some examples of minimal pairs for such emphatics are gallab "he galloped", galˁlˁab "he got angry"; karra "he tore" karˁrˁa "he dragged"; amm "uncle", amˁmˁ "mother". The first person singular of verbs is different from its formation in other Arabic dialects in that it does not have a final t thus the first person singular of the verb katab is katab with stress on the second part of the word. Whereas other varieties of Arabic, including Classical Arabic, retain the final t. Nigerian Arabic differentiate between the first person singular and the third person singular masculine by stressing the second part of the verb in the former form and stressing the first part of the latter form. |