Ṣa‘īdi Arabic (,
locally: , ; also known as Saidi Arabic and Upper Egypt Arabic) is the variety of
Arabic spoken by
Ṣa‘īdis south of
Cairo,
Egypt to the border of
Sudan. It shares linguistic features both with
Egyptian Arabic, as well as
Sudanese Arabic. Dialects include Middle and Upper Egyptian Arabic. Speakers of Egyptian Arabic do not always understand more conservative varieties of Ṣa‘īdi Arabic.