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سوداني Sudanese Arabic
Yemeni, Gulf and Sudanese speakers can use the same word to mean different things, so a booking marked simply 'Arabic' risks matching the wrong dialect.
Sudanese Arabic carries substantial vocabulary from Nubian and other regional languages, and its phonology diverges sharply from both Levantine and Gulf varieties. A speaker of either will understand a good deal and lose the rest.
In asylum work this matters most where a client's claimed origin is itself in issue. Regional markers within Sudanese speech can support or undermine a stated region of origin, and that is a question worth putting to an interpreter who knows the variety.
Settings covered
- Home Office asylum interviews
- Crown Court trials, plea hearings and sentencing
- PACE Code C police interviews and custody
- Remote client conferences by Teams, Zoom or CVP
Rates
£50 per hour remote, one-hour minimum, all dialects excluding North African (Algerian, Libyan, Moroccan and Tunisian). Remote only — in-person enquiries are referred to an NRPSI-registered colleague. Specialist varieties are not charged at a premium — they are the practice.
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