Egyptian Arabic

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modern Arabic dialect spoken language variety of Arabic

Egyptian Arabic is the most widely understood modern Arabic dialect, centered in Egypt and heavily influenced by the speech and media of Cairo.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Cairene Arabic 2
Alexandrian Arabic 1
Egyptian Colloquial Arabic 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf modern Arabic dialect ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ
variety of Arabic ⓘ
alternativeName Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

Masri ⓘ
countryOrRegion Egypt ⓘ
diglossiaWith Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
educationRole coexists with Modern Standard Arabic in diglossia ⓘ
used as medium of informal instruction ⓘ
glottocode egyp1253 ⓘ
hasDialects Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cairene Arabic

Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rural Egyptian Arabic

Sa'idi Arabic ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature simplified verb conjugation compared to Classical Arabic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
loss of case endings ⓘ
realization of Classical /q/ as glottal stop in Cairene ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature negation with circumfix "ma-...-sh" ⓘ
use of preverbal particle "bi-" for imperfective aspect ⓘ
influencedBy Classical Arabic ⓘ
Coptic language ⓘ
English language ⓘ
French language ⓘ
Greek language ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
Levantine Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Lebanese Arabic

Turkish language ⓘ
influences Levantine Arabic (through media) ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Arabic

Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
isLinguaFrancaOf Egyptian popular culture ⓘ
ISOCode arz ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Asiatic languages

Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Maghrebi Arabic (lower than with Levantine)
notTypicallyUsedFor formal writing ⓘ
official government documents ⓘ
primaryRegion Cairo ⓘ
Lower Egypt ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ
statusInEgypt de facto national spoken language ⓘ
subfamily Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic languages

Central Semitic languages ⓘ
typicalSelfDesignation Maṣrī ⓘ
ʿArabī Maṣrī ⓘ
usedIn Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Egyptian popular music ⓘ
Egyptian television ⓘ
everyday communication in Egypt ⓘ
widelyUnderstoodIn Arab world ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script (informal romanization) ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian Arabic → alternativeName → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian Colloquial Arabic
Sudanese Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Gulf Arabic → distinctFrom → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Sa'idi Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Egyptian Arabic
Sa'idi Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Egypt Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → hasDialects → Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cairene Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → hasDialects → Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexandrian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → hasDialects → Egyptian Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rural Egyptian Arabic
Siwi → hasNeighborLanguage → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Coptic language → influenced → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Siwi → influencedBy → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Sa'idi Arabic → isDistinctFrom → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cairene Arabic
Sa'idi Arabic → isDistinctFrom → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian Colloquial Arabic of Cairo
North Sinai Governorate → language → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Upper Egypt → language → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Mit Rahina → languageSpoken → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Sohag → languageSpoken → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Alexandria Governorate → languageUsed → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Nasser → languageUsed → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
al-Wasta → languageUsed → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → languageVariety → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Egyptians → primaryLanguage → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Cairo → primarySpokenLanguage → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Sa'idi Arabic → subclassOf → Egyptian Arabic ⓘ