Abbreviations
– AGK = A. Geva-Kleinberger, B. = P. Behnstedt; DZ. = Durēd Zarqāwi and FṢ. = Falāḥ iṣ-Ṣbēḥi, the main student explorers, T. = R. Talmon.
– Localities on maps where a Bedouin dialect is spoken are marked by a number in italics. If data was elicited for a Bedouin dialect in or next to a place where a sedentary dialect is spoken as a basic dialect, the Bedouin data are marked by B.
| C dialects | dialects of the Carmel Coast as defined by Jastrow 2004. |
| CA | Classical Arabic. |
| G dialects | dialects having /g/ for Qāf = “villagers who use the /g/ reflex of q and are found in the southern part of the Northern Israel area” (Talmon 2002:71). |
| M dialects | dialects of the Muṯallaṯ (see Jastrow 2009). |
| MSA | Modern Standard Arabic. |
Abbreviations on maps B = Bedouins; C = Christians; D = Druze; I = Muslims; J = Jews; M = men; O = old generation; PF = parallel form; W = women; Y = young generation.
“Muslim(s)” in what follows means “male(s)”, “Muslima(s)” = female(s).
Iksāl (79); number in brackets refers to number of research point.
“Interview” refers to interview conducted with the questionnaires, if not mentioned, data refers to texts recorded = “recording” or transcribed.
s. = sentence.
I, II, III, etc. = derived verbal measures.
Current abbreviations such as f. = feminine, m. = masculine are not listed here.
The symbol for the Druze on map one is the Druze star with the five colours representing the five divine universal principles of the Druze faith.