Chadian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Sudanese Arabic ياتو (yātu, which) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, which).

Pronoun edit

ياتو (yātu)

  1. who?
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[2], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 3:11:
      وَ اللّٰهْ الرَّبّ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: يَاتُو الْأَوْرَاكْ كَدَرْ إِنْتَ عَرْيَانْ؟
      And the lord said to him: who told you that you were naked?

Sudanese Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Chadian Arabic ياتو (yātu, who) and (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic ييات (īyāt, which)[1].

Pronoun edit

ياتو (yātu)

  1. which?

Descendants edit

  • Juba Arabic: yatu

References edit

  1. ^ S. Hillelson (2011) Sudan Arabic Texts[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvix