Editing Demographics of Sudan (section)

==Languages==
{{See also|Languages of Sudan}}
The most widely spoken languages in Sudan are:
#Arabic language:
##[[Sudanese Arabic]].
##[[Najdi Arabic|Najdi]] and [[Hejazi Arabic]], (mainly in mid-north and mid-east regions).
##[[Chadian Arabic]] in western region, (mainly spoken by Baggara and various Arabized African tribes).
#[[Nubian language]] in far north, (mainly spoken by Nubians of Mahas, Dongola and Halfa).
#[[Beja language]] known as Bedawit in far east alongside Red sea, (mainly spoken by the Beja people, mainly the Hadandawa, Ababda and Bisharin).

Before 2005, only Arabic was the official language.<ref name="LeClerc">Leclerc, Jacques. [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/soudan.htm ''L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde'', "Soudan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023185417/http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/soudan.htm |date=2012-10-23 }}</ref> In the 2005 constitution, Sudan's official languages became Arabic and English:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mpil.de/shared/data/pdf/inc_official_electronic_version.pdf |title= text of the 2005 constitution in English |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070609150809/http://www.mpil.de/shared/data/pdf/inc_official_electronic_version.pdf |archive-date= 2007-06-09 }}&nbsp;{{small|(492&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>
{{quotation
|Article 8:
# All indigenous languages of Sudan are national languages and shall be respected, developed and promoted.
# Arabic is a widely spoken national language in Sudan.
# Arabic, as a major language at the national level and English shall be the official working languages of the national government and the languages of instruction for higher education.
# In addition to Arabic and English, the legislature of any sub-national level of government may adopt any other national language as an additional official working language at its level.
# There shall be no discrimination against the use of either Arabic or English at any level of government or stage of education.
}}

The working constitution of the post-2019 Revolution [[2019 Sudanese transition to democracy|transitional period]] specifies no national language.