Sulaimitian

English

Etymology

A reference to the Hilalian-Sulaimi migration.

Noun

Sulaimitian (uncountable)

1. Libyan Arabic.
   • 2000, Bernd Heine, ‎Derek Nurse, African Languages: An Introduction, page 79:

     Within Africa at least the following have to be clearly distinguished: Egyptian (42,500); Hassaniya (2,230), spoken in Mauritania and parts of Mali, Senegal and Niger; Moroccan (19, 542); Shua (1,031), spoken in parts of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger; Sudanese (16,000-19,000), spoken mainly in northern Sudan but with speakers in Egypt and Eritrea; Algerian Colloquial (22,400), spoken also in Tunisia; and Salaimitian (4,500) spoken in parts of Libya and Egypt.

   • 2012, J. E. Booth, Worlds Move, Time Calls, page 99:

     Says here, the message on the mirror was translated by one of the department's volunteer translators who said it was clearly written in Sulaimitian Arabic, or Libyan Arabic.

   • 2013, Chris Ryan, Masters of War:

     A balaclava'd figure, speaking in Sulaimitian Arabic, claimed responsibility for the atrocity on behalf of a rebel group still loyal to the memory of the ousted Gaddafi regime.