Abha Arabic is a dialect of Arabic (ISO 693-3: ara), belonging to the Semitic language family group, and spoken primarily in Abha city. Abha Arabic can be broadly classified as a variety of Arabic from the Arabian Peninsula group (Versteegh, 2014), and further sub-classified as a south (-west) Arabian dialect (Ingham, 1982). Abha city is the administrative capital of the province of Asir, in south-west Saudi Arabia (Figure 1). The population of Abha is approximately 290,185 and that of the Asir province is 1,601,725, according to the most recent data on the population (General Authority for Statistics, 2010). The province is named after the Asir tribe, who first inhabited Abha and the surrounding regions. The present day Abha Arabic dialect thus represents a blending of Bedouin and urban dialects. The first settlers to Abha were the Bani-Mghed tribe (an Asir tribe) followed by three additional Asir tribes (Alkam, Rabiah w Rufeda, Bani-Malik) and other nearby tribes such as the Gahtaːn, Bal-lahmir, Bal-lasmir, Shahran, Rejal Alma’, all of which had distinct dialects (Al-Azraqi, 1998). These dialects merged to varying degrees and were further influenced by urban education and mass media, which were and continue to be dominated by Modern Standard Arabic (henceforth MSA) (Al-Azraqi, 1998).1

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艾卜哈阿拉伯语

艾卜哈阿拉伯语是阿拉伯语的一种方言（ISO 693-3：ara），属于闪米特语族，主要在艾卜哈市使用。艾卜哈阿拉伯语可以大致归类为阿拉伯半岛语族的阿拉伯语变体（Versteegh，2014），并进一步细分为南部（西）阿拉伯方言（Ingham，1982）。艾卜哈市是沙特阿拉伯西南部阿西尔省的行政首府（图1）。根据最新人口数据（统计总局，2010 年），艾卜哈的人口约为 290,185 人，阿西尔省的人口为 1,601,725 人。该省以阿西尔部落命名，他们首先居住在艾卜哈及周边地区。因此，当今的艾卜哈阿拉伯方言代表了贝都因人和城市方言的混合。艾卜哈的第一批定居者是 Bani-Mghed 部落（阿西尔部落），随后是另外三个阿西尔部落（Alkam、Rabiah w Rufeda、Bani-Malik）和其他附近的部落，如 Gahtaːn、Bal-lahmir、Bal-lasmir、 Shahran、Rejal Alma'，所有这些语言都有不同的方言（Al-Azraqi，1998）。这些方言在不同程度上融合在一起，并进一步受到城市教育和大众媒体的影响，这些方言曾经并继续以现代标准阿拉伯语（以下简称 MSA）为主导（Al-Azraqi，1998）。1