Arabic-based creole languages

An Arabic-based creole language, or simply Arabic creole is a creole language which was significantly influenced by the Arabic language.

The main Arabic creoles are:

Juba Arabic: An Arabic-based pidgin or creole, spoken mainly in Equatoria Province in South Sudan.
Nubi: An Arabic-based creole spoken by descendants of Sudanese soldiers mainly in Kenya and Uganda, formed in the nineteenth century from a Sudanese Arabic-based pidgin used for intercommunication among Southern Sudanese ethnic groups.

Both are descended from Bimbashi Arabic, a pidgin spoken by military troops in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

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