Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic (also known as Tripolitanian Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Tripolitanian-Libyan Arabic, Tripolita'it, Yudi) is a variety

Varieties of Arabic

The Arabic language is a Semitic language characterized by a wide number of linguistic varieties within its five regional forms. The largest divisions occur between the spoken languages of different regions. The Arabic of North Africa, for example, is often incomprehensible to an Arabic speaker...

 of Arabic

Arabic language

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 spoken by Jews formerly living in Libya

Libya

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. Most speakers now live in Israel

Israel

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 and Italy

Italy

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. Most speakers are over 40. Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic differs from standard Libyan Arabic

Libyan Arabic

Libyan Arabic is a collective term for the closely related varieties of Arabic spoken in Libya. It can be divided into two major dialect areas; the eastern centred in Benghazi and Bayda, and the western centred in Tripoli and Misrata...

 in that it closely resembles the original dialect of the sedentary population, whereas much of Libya's population now speaks Bedouin

Bedouin

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-influenced varieties of Arabic.