The dialect of the Druze of Jordan

The article provides the first empirically based description of the Druze dialect in Jordan. The description is based on the speech of twelve male and female adult native speakers and seven hours of recorded material. The research was conducted during 2019 and 2022 in two Druze towns in northern Jordan, namel y Azraq and Umm al-Quṭṭēn. The article covers the basic grammar of the dialect, and lexis. The analysis shows that the Druze dialect of Jordan shares the bulk of its distinctive features with the Druze dialect of Ǧabal al-ʿArab, while displaying some linguistic influence from neighbouring Jordanian Sedentary as well as Bedouin varieties. A transcribed and translated sample of the dialect is included.