Colloquial Arabic
E43177
Colloquial Arabic refers to the diverse spoken varieties of Arabic used in everyday communication across different regions, distinct from the standardized Modern Standard Arabic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colloquial Arabic canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic language variety
ⓘ
spoken language variety ⓘ |
| basedOn | regional speech communities ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Classical Arabic
ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
dialectal Arabic
ⓘ
vernacular Arabic ⓘ ʿĀmmiyya ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
code-switching with Modern Standard Arabic
ⓘ
diglossic relationship with Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ lexical borrowing from other languages ⓘ mutually partially intelligible varieties ⓘ phonological variation across regions ⓘ primarily spoken ⓘ rarely written formally ⓘ regionally diverse ⓘ simplified morphology compared to Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| includes |
Egyptian Arabic
ⓘ
Gulf Arabic ⓘ Hijazi Arabic ⓘ Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi Arabic
Levantine Arabic ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ Najdi Arabic ⓘ Sudanese Arabic ⓘ Yemeni Arabic ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contact languages in each region ⓘ |
| notTypicallyUsedFor |
formal education medium
ⓘ
formal writing ⓘ official documents ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Arabic diglossia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | native Arabic speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arab world
ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
North Africa ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Arabic
ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ vernacular Arabic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ oral interaction ⓘ |
| usedIn |
films
ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ social media ⓘ songs ⓘ television dramas ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.